Hishammuddin said only one of six reports against the two lawyers pertained to murder. — file pic
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 — Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein denied today that the authorities have failed to act against two Banting lawyers suspected of being involved in several murder cases including that of cosmetics millionaire Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya.
Hishammuddin told the Dewan Rakyat that out of six police reports lodged against the duo, one case has been brought to court.
He added that four reports lodged against the suspects between 2005 to March 2010 were for fraud, and not murder or missing persons.
The minister was responding to DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang, who asked the home ministry for details on police reports lodged against the suspects in the Banting murders, who have been under investigation for the slayings Sosilawati and three others.
Today, Lim claimed that the alleged police inaction has undermined public confidence in the force’s professionalism.
Responding to the claim, Hishammuddin said, “The question of police inaction does not arise.”
He said that since 2000, the police have solved 21,344 out of 35,473 missing persons reports.
Investigations against the lawyers began as part of the probe into the murders of Sosilawati, 47; her driver Kamaruddin Shansuddin, 44; CIMB Kampung Baru branch officer Noorhisham Mohammad, 38; and lawyer Ahmad Kamil Abd Karim, 32.
The quartet was reported to have gone missing since August 30 after they went to Banting over a land transaction.
On September 13, police confirmed the four were assaulted and killed before their bodies were burned and their ashes strewn into rivers near Ladang Gadong, Banting.
Following this, police also began investigating the suspects over the possible murders of Indian millionaire A. Muthuraja and Sungai Petani businessman Mohd Shafik Abdullah and his friend, only known as Thevaraj.
The suspects are currently remanded over the disappearance of Mohd Shafik and Thevaraj.
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