‘Re-open Altantuya murder probe if…’

Responding to the revelations by Deepak Jaikishan, Musa Hassan says the probe should be re-opened if there is new evidence.

G Vinod, FMT

There must be a fresh probe if there is new evidence about the death of Mongolian translator Altantuya Shaariibuu, said former inspector general of police Musa Hassan.

Pressed on private investigator P Balasubramaniam’s second statutory declaration, Musa, who is also crime watchdog MyWatch patron, repeated:”If got new evidence, there should be a new investigation.”

In December last year, carpet dealer Deepak Jaikishan alleged that Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s wife Rosmah Mansor had sought his help to get Balasubramaniam to retract his first statutory declaration which implicated the premier’s family in Altantuya’s death.

Deepak, allegedly in working in cahoots with Nazim Razak, brother of Najib Tun Razak, had sealed a deal with Balasubramaniam to retract his allegation.

However, Najib had since dismissed Deepak’s allegation, saying the latter was not a credible person.

Crime index manipulation

On another matter, Sanjeevan alleged that the government had manipulated the crime statistics in regards to burglary and house break-ins for 2011.

He claimed that from January to October 2011, there were 43,792 cases of burglary and house break in, but the government changed the figure to 30,200.

“For snatch thief and robbery without firearms, 17,882 cases were recorded for the same period. However, the government tweaked it to 7,324 cases only.

“IGP Ismail Omar must explain this,” said Sanjeevan, who is also a Negeri Sembilan PKR youth exco  member.

He added that the police should also make public of its Standard Operation Procedures on gauging the crime statistics so that the people would have better knowledge of it.

“It’s because we believe some calculations are not done correctly.

“For example, for a vehicle theft case, our police consider the crime is solved when the vehicle is found, not when the culprit is apprehended which is against the Interpol standard,” he alleged.