How I sought police help first – by man suing Home Minister

ARCHIVES 2013

By admin-s On Jul 11, 2013

(TMI) – Amir says the IGP refused to see him. “I was instead referred to the IGP’s secretary. And even she did not want to see me.”

A question surrounding the case of the businessman who was allegedly assaulted by Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is why did the police take no action.

That is the question that even led to a shouting match in Parliament two days ago between opposition member for Puchong, Gobind Singh Deo and the Home Minister.

Businessman Amir Bazli Abdullah, the man suing Ahmad Zahid, laid out his version of the events after the alleged assault in 2006, to The Malaysian Insider: “I first lodged a report at the Dang Wangi police station the day after I was assaulted but was referred to Kajang police.

“I met a chief inspector where my statement was recorded over three days.”

Amir said he was then admitted to a hospital in Cheras but was later transferred to a hospital in Kelantan upon his request as his family was there.

Three police officers, he said, went to see him in Kelantan and they obtained his medical report.

“Some three to four months later, the chief inspector informed me that my case was classified ‘no further action’. I questioned him why this was happening as he had promised he would investigate fairly.

“The officer was apologetic and said his hands were tied as the instructions came from above.”