Arrest Warrant Will Be Issued If Shamsul Iskandar Won't Assist Investigations- CPO

SHAH ALAM, Sept 22 (Bernama) -- Police on Wednesday warned Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Youth chief Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin that a warrant of arrest will be issued against him if he continued to avoid assisting investigations into the murder of cosmetics millionaire Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya.

Selangor chief police officer (CPO) Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said Shamsul Iskandar should come to the police if he really had evidence to support his allegations about the murder.

"However, till today he has not come forward and cannot be reached on his handphone. We are giving him ample opportunity to come an assist the police failing which we will invoke Section 111 of the Criminal Procedure Code for a warrant of arrest to be issued against him," he told reporters after receiving contributions of a mobile police station and three motorcycles from Sime Darby Property Bhd at the Selangor police headquarters here.

The vehicles worth RM617,250 were handed over by Sime Darby Property Bhd managing director, Tunku Datuk Putra Badlishah Tunku Annuar. Prior to this the media had reported that on Sept 13, Shamsul Iskandar, through the Selangor TV news portal, had alleged that police were involved in the murder of Sosilawati and three others.

Sosilawati, 47, her driver Kamaruddin Shamsudin, 44, lawyer Ahmad Kamil Abdul Karim, 32, and CIMB Bank officer Noorhisham Mohammad, 38, were killed, their bodies burnt and the ashes thrown into rivers in the vicinity of Ladang Gadong after they went missing on Aug 30 following a trip to Banting over a land deal.

Police have picked up eight suspects, among them two lawyers, in connection with the case.

Meanwhile, Khalid also issued a reminder to Kapar Member of Parliament S. Manikavasagam not to interfere in police work in the case.

"There is no need for politicians to try and become investigating officers. Stick to your job of serving the people and not do the work of the police," he said.

He was referring to Manikavasagam accompanying Indian national S. Usharani, to Ladang Gadong on Wednesday in connection with the disappearance of her husband Allal Kathan Muthuraja, 34, earlier this year.

The disappearance of Muthuraja has been linked to suspects in the murder of Sosilawati Lawiya and the three others.

Usharani, who had flown in from India, on Wednesday had also met the police in Banting over her husband's disappearance.

-- BERNAMA

Polis sahkan ahli perniagaan India yang hilang dibunuh

KUALA LUMPUR 22 Sept. – Polis hari ini mengesahkan ahli perniagaan warga India, Allal Kathan Muthuraja yang dilapor hilang sejak awal tahun ini telah dibunuh.

Ketua Polis Selangor, Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar berkata, polis kini menyiasat kes kehilangan lelaki berusia 34 tahun yang tiba di Malaysia pada 18 Januari lepas itu sebagai kes bunuh mengikut Seksyen 302 Kanun Keseksaan.

"Saya sahkan mangsa dibunuh hasil daripada petunjuk dan keterangan-keterangan yang telah dikumpul.

“Berdasarkan dari itu kita telah “upgrade” kertas siasatan daripada orang hilang kepada kes bunuh,” katanya ketika dihubungi di sini hari ini.

Beliau berkata demikian ketika ditanya mengenai perkembangan kes kehilangan ahli perniagaan hartanah, restoran dan barang kemas dari Chennai, India itu.

Kehilangan ahli perniagaan itu dikaitkan dengan suspek kes pembunuhan jutawan kosmetik Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya dan tiga yang lain apabila dia dilapor hilang selepas dijemput oleh kedua-dua peguam, yang juga merupakan suspek utama kes pembunuhan Sosilawati, di Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur sebaik tiba di Malaysia 18 Januari lepas.

Isteri ahli perniagaan itu, S. Usharani, 24, membuat laporan polis berhubung kehilangan suaminya di Balai Polis Banting pada 8 September lepas.

Hari ini, Usharani menemui polis di Banting berhubung kes kehilangan suaminya itu. – Bernama

Police: 72 Investigation Papers On Lawyers During Last 10 Years

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 21 (Bernama) -- Police on Tuesday denied that they were slow in taking action against lawyers who had breached the country's law.

Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said 72 investigation papers on malpractices and irregularities committed by lawyers in the state had been opened up during the last 10 years.

He said police had never ignored any case against erring lawyers and had set up a task force two years ago to monitor the involvement of lawyers in any malpractice.

He said the task force would meet every month to discuss development on cases involving lawyers in the state.

"Over the past 10 years, Selangor police have opened up 72 investigation papers on malpractices and irregularities by lawyers. In some cases, there were more than one investigation paper opened up against certain lawyers," he said in his social website Tuesday.

Khalid said six lawyers and a 'runner' for a lawyer had been prosecuted pertaining to 10 of the 72 cases reported, including one who was linked to the murder of cosmetics millionaire Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya and three others.

-- BERNAMA

Lawyer linked to fifth murder

KUALA LANGAT, Malaysia - Police have, for the first time, indicated that a lawyer currently being held in connection with the gruesome deaths of cosmetics queen Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya and three others is implicated in a fifth murder.

Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said the alleged mastermind of the grisly murders is also implicated in two missing person reports, one of which concerned the murder of a mechanic's wife, T. Selvi, 46.

Selvi's husband 54-year-old P. Balasundram had claimed earlier this week that the lawyer had cheated him in 2008 in a money-lending business they shared.

His wife was slashed to death by two men with machetes in front of their home in Taman Cempaka, Banting, in April last year.

Speaking to reporters here yesterday, Khalid said police had discovered two missing person reports lodged in Banting that they believe are connected to the lawyer.

He confirmed that one of the reports concerned Selvi's death.

Khalid said besides the two missing person cases, police were looking into seven commercial crime cases filed since 2005 involving a total of RM7.1mil (S$729,000).

He said the seven cases concerned land sales within the Kuala Langat district.

Asked if any policeman in the district had covered up the lawyer's alleged misdeeds, Khalid said: "If there is any bribery in the force, do not hesitate to lodge a report to me personally. The police will not protect those who are corrupted."

Meanwhile, the remand for all the eight suspects in the case, including the alleged mastermind, has been extended by another week

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