Former panel member of Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), Tan Sri Robert Phang Miow Sin describes the death of Customs officer, Ahmad Sarbani Mohamed at the Kuala Lumpur MACC premise as an unfortunate incident not just to the deceased, but also the government.
“It is an unfortunate event not only to the late Sarbani but also to the government. And of course because of the incident, more or less, the image of the MACC is also being tarnished,” said Phang when met by Malaysian Digest.
Phang was also quick to reject the view of similarity of the incident with the death of DAP political aide, Teoh Beng Hock.“With Teoh’s case there is the inclination of politics surrounding it. The Sarbani’s death is unlikely to be linked in such way”, Phang said.Phang however called for the police to run a thorough and transparent investigation on Sarbani’s death so that justice will be returned in the rakyat’s favor.
“The police must investigate this case and they must look at the first statement given by Sarbani which I believe will help them in the investigation”, said Phang.“He (Sarbani) went back to the (Kuala Lumpur) MACC (office) to change his statement. There must be something that made him doing that. Therefore, the police must take a good look at this factor while doing their investigation,” Phang added.
Labeling public calls for a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) to be established for the case as “immature”, Phang said unless there is an issue of ambiguity in the case, an RCI is unnecessary.“In this particular case, the rakyat should appeal for the authorities to run a transparent investigation and allow police to investigate first”, he said.Phang also advised the public to have faith in the authorities and respect the police investigation by not speculating and jumping to conclusions.
He believes the government is fully aware with the condition and criteria for the Cabinet to consider an RCI.
“They (the Government) have all the abilities needed to determine whether an RCI is needed or not but the most important thing is the probe must continue despite this unfortunate incident,” he said.
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“It is an unfortunate event not only to the late Sarbani but also to the government. And of course because of the incident, more or less, the image of the MACC is also being tarnished,” said Phang when met by Malaysian Digest.
Phang was also quick to reject the view of similarity of the incident with the death of DAP political aide, Teoh Beng Hock.“With Teoh’s case there is the inclination of politics surrounding it. The Sarbani’s death is unlikely to be linked in such way”, Phang said.Phang however called for the police to run a thorough and transparent investigation on Sarbani’s death so that justice will be returned in the rakyat’s favor.
“The police must investigate this case and they must look at the first statement given by Sarbani which I believe will help them in the investigation”, said Phang.“He (Sarbani) went back to the (Kuala Lumpur) MACC (office) to change his statement. There must be something that made him doing that. Therefore, the police must take a good look at this factor while doing their investigation,” Phang added.
Labeling public calls for a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) to be established for the case as “immature”, Phang said unless there is an issue of ambiguity in the case, an RCI is unnecessary.“In this particular case, the rakyat should appeal for the authorities to run a transparent investigation and allow police to investigate first”, he said.Phang also advised the public to have faith in the authorities and respect the police investigation by not speculating and jumping to conclusions.
He believes the government is fully aware with the condition and criteria for the Cabinet to consider an RCI.
“They (the Government) have all the abilities needed to determine whether an RCI is needed or not but the most important thing is the probe must continue despite this unfortunate incident,” he said.
More to come soon...
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