GEORGE TOWN, Sept 10 – Inspector General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said police have opened an investigation in accordance with the Penal Code to investigate attempts to topple the government following a revelations of former executives Petro Saudi International Ltd (PSI) Xavier Andre Justo.
“Police would recall Petaling Jaya Utara Member of Parliament, Tony Pua to record the conversation statement following the recent recognition as reported by The New Straits Times (NST). But we do not investigate based on newspaper reports. What he (Pua) has said. So we just have to recall him back record the conversation statement.
“He (Pua) himself has admitted that there are some things he did not say, now he remembered so recall he back to continue the conversation statement,” he told a press conference after a ceremony involving the presentation of the Pingat Jasa Pahlawan Negara Wednesday.
A total of 136 recipients who served during the Emergency period received the medals to mark the 77th birthday anniversary of Penang Yang Dipertua Negeri, Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas at Dewan Sri Pinang here on Wednesday.
NST newspaper, in a front-page report on Wednesday which revealed Pua admitted to introduce Sarawak Report editor, Clare Rewcastle-Brown, the individual who launched the campaign to smear the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to senior management The Edge Media Group. Pua made the admission following emergence of proof in Justo’s case, but at the same time insisted had nothing to do with the leaked information or any transactions.
In another development, Khalid said he would send officers to record the conversations statement of former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad for making defamatory statements during the Bersih 4, at Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, recently. Asked when Dr Mahathir’s statement would be recorded, Khalid said: “We will see when Tun Mahathir is free. We will make an appointment with him.”
