RPK Sarbaini expose prompts new police report
By Yow Hong Chieh and Syed Mu’az Syed Putra, The Malaysian Insider
KUALA LUMPUR, July 20 — Ahmad Sarbaini Mohamed’s family will lodge a new police report on his death following claims that the Customs officer fell after being forced onto a window ledge by anti-graft investigators.
Sarbaini family lawyer Awtar Singh said police must reinvestigate the case as it was “impossible” for Sarbaini to fall from the third-floor window of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office on Jalan Cochrane here on his own accord.
“I am not saying he was killed but there might have been negligence,” he told The Malaysian Insider today.
“We suspected from early on that two suspects were involved.”
He added that the family might ask the inquest to return to the scene of Sarbaini’s death to re-enact a likely scenario of what might have happened.
Raja Petra Kamarudin alleged on his website today that Sarbaini fell accidentally from the third-floor pantry window of the Kuala Lumpur MACC office after being forced onto the ledge by a senior MACC investigator.
The popular blogger claimed the investigator was incensed that Sarbaini wanted to retract his earlier confession, allegedly obtained under duress, and wished to punish the assistant Customs director by making him stand on the ledge.
“(The investigator) wanted Ahmad Sarbaini to ponder and reflect on his actions while standing on the edge as ‘orang macam kau ni lebih baik mati dari hidup menyusahkan orang lain’ (people like you are better off dead than alive and troubling others),” Raja Petra said.
“Nervously, Ahmad Sarbaini climbed onto the windowsill as ordered (by the investigator) who continued taunting and abusing him with insults. (Another MACC assistant superintendent) merely looked on. In that split second, Ahmad Sarbaini’s belt got stuck on the outer part of the window and he lost his balance and his life.”
