Khalid said the prime suspect in the case had been connected to other violent crimes. — Picture by Choo Choy May
BANTING, Sept 16 — The main suspect in the murder of cosmetics queen Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya is believed to be involved in a number of missing person, murder and commercial crime cases in the Kuala Langat district, Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said today.
He said the suspect, a lawyer, was being investigated over the disappearance of a male Indian national, missing since early this year. However, he added, a police report on the missing businessman was only lodged on September 8.
“So, how could we have known (about this case) if there was no police report made?” he said at a press conference after a police-community function at the Kuala Langat district police headquarters which was also attended by Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar and his deputy Datuk Hussin Ismail, here.
Khalid said the lawyer was also linked to the murder of a woman in Banting last year.
A newspaper report today said the 44-year-old woman, T. Selvi, who was the wife of an auto workshop owner, was believed to have been killed over a loan dispute involving the lawyer.
“Although the woman’s husband has made various statements on the case, I don’t wish to comment on it as the case is still under investigation,” said Khalid.
He said police had received new leads on this murder case following the investigation into the murder of Sosilawati; her driver Kamarudin Shansuddin, 44; lawyer Ahmad Kamil Abdul Karim, 32; and bank officer Noorhisham Mohamad, 38.
“This case (Selvi’s murder) was never closed and we will investigate to obtain more information.”
Khalid said police had received seven commercial crime reports against the lawyer including on criminal breach of trust and cheating in land transactions since 2005, involving losses amounting to RM7.1 million for the victims.
He said these cases would be investigated by the police Commercial Crime Department and that investigations into such cases would take some time as the police needed to examine various documents.
Asked whether the police in Kuala Langat had been “bought over” by the lawyer, Khalid said anyone with information on this should report directly to him, Bukit Aman or the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.
“We will not protect our people who accept bribes,” he said. — Bernama
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