Former
inspector-general of police Musa Hassan’s statements made in yesterday’s
interview with Malaysiakini on the Sodomy I case against former deputy
prime minister Anwar Ibrahim are seen “as an afterthought”.
On this issue, Musa should have stuck to his evidence given in the
trial, his statement to the KL CID investigating team, his own suit
against Anwar and the statement given by Mohd Rodwan Yusof, former Kuala
Lumpur CID chief Mat Zain Ibrahim said.
Mat Zain, who was the investigating officer in Anwar Ibrahim’s black
eye case in 1998, said Anwar while in police custody gave his consent
for his blood sample to be taken on Sept 28, 1998, for a HIV test by a
Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) doctor.
Mat Zain said the sample was taken and given according to procedures.
However, the sample taken for HIV test was taken away, without the
doctor’s consent on Oct 15, 1998, for DNA tests as well.
“The doctor should have insisted that the blood sample taken for the
HIV test is not suitable for the DNA test, since the procedure for DNA
test samples must follow certain protocol,” he said.
Now that Musa had admitted to having used the blood sample for DNA
tests with samples taken from the mattress, “then it is as good as him
(Musa) admitting that he did not have concrete evidence” when he briefed
the then prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
“Otherwise, why would Musa want to steal the blood sample from HKL
and do the DNA tests on the mattress if he had all the evidence when he
briefed Dr Mahathir?” Mat Zain asked.
Mat Zain said it should be remembered that the DNA test was already
done at that time and Anwar had already been charged and trial was about
to begin in less than a month.
He also noted that the DNA evidence gathered from the mattress was
eventually expunged when chemist Lim Kong Boon acknowledged that the
evidence could be planted.
In the Malaysiakini interview yesterday, Musa admitted that he took
blood samples to conduct the HIV test and it was also used for DNA
testing.
This was because, the former IGP said, he had to conduct a full
investigation as there were many allegations made in the book “50
reasons why Anwar cannot be PM”.
Good drama script
Without mincing his words, Mat Zain also described Musa’s warning to
his (Musa’s) younger brother Fuad not to interfere in the police
investigations as “a good drama script”
“If Musa really would arrest his own brother, then he should have
arrested present attorney-general Abdul Gani Patail and HKL doctor Dr
Abdul Rahman Yusof for fabricating evidence on the black eye
investigation.”
The fabricated reports are easily accessible as they are in the public domain.
Mat Zain also said if Musa was honest to himself and the police, he
should have supported calls for a tribunal to investigate the
allegations made against him and Gani to clear the long-standing
disputes.
“The guilty ones must be punished, no matter who they are. Musa knows
the various PMs and the Yang di-Pertuan Agong personally. He should not
be afraid if he is totally clear of any wrongdoing,” the former KL CID
chief challenged.
Absolving himself, Gani and Najib
After having read Musa’s statement on the Altantuya murder case as
well, Mat Zain said, it was now more clear that Musa’s willingness to
speak to Malaysiakini on various ‘subjects’, and published in parts, was
to clear himself, Gani and Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak through the
media in view of the coming general election – and possibly revive his
younger brother Fuad’s political profile and ambition as well.
He said, Musa brought up Fuad’s name “out of the blue”, when speaking
about his role in Sodomy I. Fuad was a former Hulu Kelang
assemblyperson and in the 1990s was considered a rising star and
possibly, a Selangor menteri besar in the making.
“However, Fuad’s dream of becoming at least an state executive
councillor was shattered when he lost to Azmin Ali in the 1999 general
election, garnering just 8,039 votes against Azmin’s 9,185. After that
defeat Fuad never recovered politically.
“I can’t say whether there is any correlation between Musa suddenly
bringing up his brother’s name at this point in time and the resurfacing
of Azmin Ali’s 17-year-old corruption case, which has been reopened by
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission. But the facts are there and I
leave it to the people to make their own assessment,” Mat Zain said.
Musa’s statement that the HKL doctor, Abdul Rahman, was appointed by
former attorney-general, the late Mohtar Abdullah, was another
distortion of facts, he added.
He said Abdul Rahman was appointed on Oct 26, 1998, by Gani, who was
then a senior deputy public prosecutor in the AG’s Chambers.
“This fact is clearly stated in Dr Abdul Rahman’s first expert report
prepared on Abdul Gani’s instructions. The doctor’s appointment was
made despite my objections.
“I have discovered that Dr Abdul Rahman was under police
investigation for ‘criminal intimidation’, based on a report lodged
against him by another doctor who prepared Anwar’s official medical
report.”
“Mohtar then ‘reappointed’ Dr Abdul Rahman on Dec 1, 1998, to cover
up the first appointment that was made by Gani. Dr Abdul Rahman, then
went on to prepare another two more expert reports which contradict each
other, making three expert reports in all, including the one instructed
by Gani, although the doctor appointed by the AG did not make any
physical examination on Anwar,” Mat Zain revealed.
Abdul Rahman, the former top cop said, went on to give his evidence
in the Royal Commission of Inquiry, which contradicted not only his
expert report but his statement to the police as well.
This, Mat Zain said, was a clear cut perjury but no action was taken against Abdul Rahman.
Musa, he added, also claimed the AG Chambers did not have any
intention of fabricating evidence in the black-eye investigation and
that it had the right to call its own experts.
“To this I must say that if Gani did not have any intention of
fabricating evidence, then he would not have arm-twisted Dr Abdul Rahman
into preparing those three expert reports. Gani knew Dr Abdul Rahman
was under police investigations as I told him.
“Musa also cannot deny the fact that he and Gani were present at the
30th floor of the Bukit Aman police headquarters on the night of the
black-eye incident and they would have known what exactly happened in
the lock-up that night.
“They must realise that any attempt to change the true facts which they both knew as the truth is mere distortion of facts.
“Again, I would suggest that Musa insists that Najib seeks the
Agong’s consent to have a tribunal set to investigate this matter and
see whether Gani and Musa himself can be cleared or otherwise,” Mat Zain
added.
Source: Malaysiakini
