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Expressing his unhappiness with the report, he also said no special task force would be formed to look into the unresolved murders in the state.
"I did not mention reopening. I just said reviewing.
"Every state has a committee which reviews all unsolved cases from time to time, especially murder cases.
"It is a standard operating procedure. It is our normal practice," said Ayub.
In a front page report yesterday, the daily had stated that Penang police were reopening unsolved murder cases in the state over the past few years, particularly those involving lawyers. It quoted Ayub as saying that a special committee would re-look those cases to see if there were any new developments.
The cases of murdered lawyers reported in the daily were the ones involving R. Thinakaran Raman, 37, senior civil lawyer Datuk S.P. Annamalai, 59, Chew Sien Chee, 39, criminal lawyer S. Pathmanathan, 29, and Triptipal Singh, 60, between 1992 and last year.
Read more: Report on unsolved killings 'baseless' http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/10lawy/Article#ixzz0zYpu5mDO
GEORGE TOWN: Police yesterday denied the suspects in the Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya murder case were also involved in the unsolved murders of lawyers in Penang since 1992.
State police chief Datuk Ayub Yaakob said a report in an English daily yesterday that the suspects were involved in the killings of five lawyers here were "totally baseless".
State police chief Datuk Ayub Yaakob said a report in an English daily yesterday that the suspects were involved in the killings of five lawyers here were "totally baseless".
Expressing his unhappiness with the report, he also said no special task force would be formed to look into the unresolved murders in the state.
"I did not mention reopening. I just said reviewing.
"Every state has a committee which reviews all unsolved cases from time to time, especially murder cases.
"It is a standard operating procedure. It is our normal practice," said Ayub.
In a front page report yesterday, the daily had stated that Penang police were reopening unsolved murder cases in the state over the past few years, particularly those involving lawyers. It quoted Ayub as saying that a special committee would re-look those cases to see if there were any new developments.
The cases of murdered lawyers reported in the daily were the ones involving R. Thinakaran Raman, 37, senior civil lawyer Datuk S.P. Annamalai, 59, Chew Sien Chee, 39, criminal lawyer S. Pathmanathan, 29, and Triptipal Singh, 60, between 1992 and last year.
Read more: Report on unsolved killings 'baseless' http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/10lawy/Article#ixzz0zYpu5mDO
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