The widow of Ahmad Sarbani has revealed that an MACC investigating officer admitted to her that his men were involved in her late husband's mysterious deathfall.
Maziah had met the officer, who was in charge of her husband's case, when she was cleaning up his office. She lodged a police report on the matter on May 2. But till now, not only have the authorities failed to respond, there has been near silence on their part.
"I am shocked to hear this and it is a very bad reflection on our enforcement agencies. This is not just about the alleged admission that MACC officers were involved in his death, but also the fact that a report of such significance had been made but the police still sat on it," Ramon Navaratnam, past president of Transparency International, told Malaysia Chronicle.
On Wednesday, PKR leaders handed over a memorandum to the Inspector General of Police Ismail Omar, demanding that immediate action be taken to probe the MACC officers.
PKR also warned against any cover up and demanded to know why there was such a delay and what was the latest status.
“Maziah stated in her report that an investigating officer from MACC in Ahmad Sarbaini’s death had made a confession that his people were involved in Ahmad's death," PKR vice president N Surendran told reporters outside the Bukit Aman headquarters on Wednesday.
"A month has passed and no further action has been taken by the police. Are there reasons why the police and Attorney-General are not talking swift and proper action?”
Other PKR leaders present included Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah, Batu MP Tian Chua and PKR Youth chief Shamsul Iskandar Akin.
“The police need to explain why has there been no action taken against those involved or responsible in his death,” said Nurul Izzah.
Najib: Sarbani died in the blink of an eye
A couple of days later, on April 6, Ahmad went to the MACC office in Cheras to see the investigating officer in charge of his case. But he never left the MACC premises alive again.
According to the MACC, they did not request his presence that day and he had gone there on his own at 8.26am. He was taken to the investigating officer's room at 9.30am, accompanied by another MACC staff. The MACC staff left the room at 10.15am to look for the investigating officer and when he returned a few minutes later, Sarbani was missing.
A search then found his body on the first floor badminton court. He is believed to have fallen to his death from a third floor window.
Like in the Teoh Beng Hock case, the MACC has insisted that it was a suicide and nothing to do with them. Teoh was a Selangor political officer who plunged to his death after overnight interrogation by the MACC in Shah Alam.
The Teoh family insists foul play was involved and a Royal Commission of Inquiry into his death has just concluded, and the report to be submitted to the King.
As for Ahmad's family and friends, they are just as adamant that he could not have taken his own life. They have accused the police and the MACC of trying to cover up the case.
Prime Minister Najib Razak has defended the MACC, which reports directly to him.
"As I understand it, Sarbani went to the MACC office voluntarily to change his statement and died in the blink of an eye, just as an MACC officer was calling the investigating officer. He was not being questioned. It is different to the Teoh Beng Hock case," Najib had told the press in April. - Malaysia Chronicle
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