Friday, September 10, 2010

Do Not Speculate Sosilawati's Disappearance - IGP

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 9 (Bernama) -- Police on Thursday urged the public to stop speculations on the disappearance of beauty product millionaires Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya and three other men since Aug 30.

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Musa Hassan said police have yet to receive any new development or information on the case, including speculations that Sosilawati was killed.

"As for rumours that she (Sosilawati) was murdered, we have absolutely not heard anything. Let the police investigate first, do not speculate," he told Bernama when contacted on Thursday.

Sosilawati, 47, her driver Kamaruddin Shamsudin, 44, CIMB Bank officer Noorhisham Mohammad, 38, and her personal lawyer Ahmad Kamil Abdul Karim, 32, were reported missing since going on a business trip to Banting, Selangor, purportedly to conclude a land deal.

Sosilawati's BMW X5 sports utility vehicle was found near the Angsana flats along USJ1 in Subang Jaya on Monday night while her lawyer's car, a BMW 525i was found at SS15 near the Grand Dorsett Hotel.

Meanwhile, Selangor Police Chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said they (Selangor police) had already forwarded whatever information obtained from witnesses, to the City police.

"The case is being investigated by City police but whatever assistance or cooperation needed, we will assist.

"There were some information channeled to us and we have forwarded it to them (KL), especially statements from witnesses in Banting," he told reporters after visiting the Ops Sikap camp in Sungai Buloh on Thursday.

There was little activities at Sosilawati's house in Taman Harmonis, Gombak when Bernama visited the area.

-- BERNAMA