PUTRAJAYA, Sept 28 (Bernama) -- Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail on Tuesday expressed his concern over the investigation into the murders of Datuk Sosilawati and three others being blown out of proportion.
He said this was due to statements made by several parties on the case, while the media should report only on facts without the extras because it would jeopardise the case.
"I think they should follow what the IGP (Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar) has advised. Cool it down and let us do our work.
"I think at the right time, when they (police) have completed their investigation, they will issue a proper statement and disclose everything. There is no problem with that," he told reporters after attending the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC)'s Aidilfitri celebration, here Tuesday.
Also present were Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz and MACC chief commissioner Datuk Abu Kassim Mohamed.
He was asked whether the interference, with many parties including the family of the missing Indian businessman, coming forward to make statements, would harm the case.
Last Sunday, Ismail reminded the media not to write speculative stories on the cases, but to wait for confirmation from the police.
His reminder came in the wake of media reports that two graves had been found at the farm where the Banting murders had allegedly taken place.
Sosilawati, 47, her driver Kamaruddin Shansudin, 44, lawyer Ahmad Kamil Abdul Karim, 32, and CIMB bank officer Noorhisham Mohammad, 38, who were reported missing on Aug 30 after they had gone to Banting, Selangor, over a land deal, were killed, their bodies burnt and the ashes thrown into rivers in the vicinity of Ladang Gadong, near Banting, according to police.
The police recovered bones and other items from the rivers and had picked up eight people, two of them lawyers, to facilitate their investigation into the murders.
Asked if his office could assure the public that there would be results at the end of the investigation, Abdul Gani said: "As far as I'm concerned, in all investigations, something will happen, either we charge or don't charge. That is very definite."
On the investigation papers that had been returned to the police, he said there was no deadline for them to hand over the papers.
"I've got to wait for them to send (the investigation papers). Let them investigate the case properly because it involves public interest.
"I know they are working very hard and will give me the papers as soon as possible. I'm meeting them on a regular basis. In fact, almost daily," he said.
Asked about the areas for the police to re-investigate, he said: "A lot of areas, I can't be telling you the weaknesses."
-- BERNAMA
