Sanjeevan arrives in Serdang hospital under heavy security

MyWatch chairperson R Seri Sanjeevan, who survived a murder attempt, has finally been transferred to Serdang Hospital under heavy police guard.

His ambulance arrived at Serdang Hospital at 4.20pm today from Tuanku Ja'afar Hospital in Seremban.

The ambulance was escorted by three police vehicles as they zoomed into the hospital's emergency area.

At least seven police officers alighted from the vehicle during the transfer.

Sanjeevan was seen unconscious as hospital personnel help unload his bed and brought him into the hospital.

At least two police officers armed with shotguns have positioned themselves at the entrance of the emergency ward.

Members of the media and the public were not allowed into the emergency ward except for family members.

On Saturday, Sanjeevan was shot at a road junction in Bahau, Negeri Sembilan, by two men on a motorcycle but survived by speeding off although he had been hit by the first bullet.

Arab-Malaysia Bank founder shot dead, wife injured

Arab-Malaysian Bank founder Hussain Ahmad Najadi (pic) was shot dead in a car park at Lorong Ceylon in Kuala Lumpur today, several hundred metres away from the bank headquarters.

The 75-year-old was walking towards his vehicle with his wife when a gunman approached him and fired several shots at his back, killing him on the spot in the 1.30pm incident.
 
Where the shooting took place this afternoon. - The Malaysian Insider pic by Muzliza Mustafa, July 
29, 2013.

 Hussain was shot in the chest and ribs while his wife Cheong Mei Kuen, 49, was injured after being hit on the hand, police said.

Closed-circuit television cameras showed the assailant was a man wearing a long sleeve checked shirt and khaki pants.

Dang Wangi police chief Assistant Commissioner Zainuddin Ahmad confirmed the incident saying it has been classified as murder.

It is believed that three suspects were involved in the incident, using a Proton Waja taxi.
An eyewitness, who declined to reveal his name, said he was at his food stall when he saw a man walking towards the couple.

"Then I heard gunshots and saw the couple crumple. I ran to safety when I saw the gunman running towards me," he said.
The shooting comes just days after crime watchdog activist R. Sri Sanjeevan was shot in the ribs in his hometown Bahau. There has also been a spate of shootings over the past month.

AmBank Group was founded in 1975 as Arab-Malaysian Development Bank, by Hussain via his Holding company AIAK (Arab Investments for Asia Kuwait). He brought the bank public via the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) in 1981. - July 29, 2013.

HM accused of telling students to 'balik India, China'

 

Coming hot on the heels of the shower room canteen imbroglio is another allegation that a principal of a secondary school in Shah Alam hurled racial abuses at her students.

It is claimed that the principal told her Chinese and Indian students to return to their respective ancestral lands.

Shah Alam MIC deputy division chief A Prakash Rao said the incident allegedly took place during the school assembly last Monday.

"Based on the complaints I received from the parents, the principal was furious because the students were making a racket during her speech.

"She then scolded all the students but later targeted the Chinese and Indian students, telling them to 'Balik India dan China' (Go back to India and China)," he told Malaysiakini.

Prakash said that the students then informed their parents, who later brought it to his attention.

In an attempt to verify the allegation, the MIC leader led a delegation to the school this morning but the principal was on leave.

"When we told the school management that we would return tomorrow, they informed us that the principal had a meeting elsewhere and won't be in... so we told them that we would return on Wednesday then.

"We  intend to get to the bottom of this matter," he stressed.

Parents afraid of lodging report
Responding to a question, the MIC leader said that the parents were afraid of lodging a police report following what transpired after the SK Sri Pristana incident was exposed.

A parent who uploaded photographs of SK Sri Pristina students eating in the shower room had received phone calls from unknown individuals threatening to kidnap her daughter.

"So these parents are worried about their safety and the safety of their children," said Prakash.

He said the disgruntled parents had complained that while Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak promoted the 1Malaysia agenda, it was not practiced on the ground.

"This is becoming a never-ending saga...

"It is like that Tamil proverb...'God grants us a boon but the priest stands in our way'," he said, referring to Najib's 1Malaysia slogan and the civil service's failure to implement it.

If the latest incident was true, Prakash said the Education Ministry must take severe action against the principal.

"How could a person tasked with overseeing both teachers and students do this. If the principal herself utters such things, imagine what the students would think?

"These students would also resort to such racist rants thinking that it was justified to do so given that a principal could do it. This culture must be stopped," he added.

Since Malaysiakini could not reach the principal or the school authorities for comment, the name of the school would be withheld for now.

Sanjeevan being moved to Serdang for surgery

The condition of MyWatch chairperson R Seri Sanjeevan, who was shot last Saturday, is said to be deteriorating.

MyWatch adviser S Gobi Krishnan (right) said arrangements have been made to transfer him to Serdang Hospital for immediate surgery to remove the bullet lodged in his rib cage.

"His condition is getting bad and we are arranging his transfer to Serdang Hospital by ambulance. He has fever and it has got worse," Gobi said when contacted.

He was speaking from the Tuanku Ja'afar Hospital in Seremban, where Sanjeevan had been warded for the last two days.

"They have kept him here for two days because they said Serdang Hospital was yet to give the green light for the transfer,” he said.

"I have just met the hospital director to press for his transfer (and it is being done now).”

'Step up security'

Earlier today, PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim urged the police to step up security at the hospital as Sanjeevan’s life is still under threat.

“We call on the (police chief) to beef up the security arrangements at the hospital where Sanjeevan is being treated,” Anwar told a press conference today.

“Without going too much into the details, we know that the current security detail is grossly inadequate.

“We are certain that the threat still remains and the police must therefore step up security for his safety immediately.”

In a statement later, Anwar pointed out that Sanjeevan had allegedly been attached by four parang-wielding men on April 11 at a hotel basement in Kuala Lumpur. A few suspicious-looking men had then allegedly tailed him at the Low-Cost Carrier Terminal in Sepang.

Anwar called on the police to investigate Sanjeevan's claim that police personnel are involved in drug syndicates, adding that mafia-styles execution are becoming rampant.

On April 26, Customs deputy director-general Shahruddin Ibrahim, like Sanjeevan, had been shot by two men on a motorcycle at a junction in Putrajaya. Shahruddin did not survive the attack.

Sanjeevan 'didn't file police report' on threat

MyWatch chairperson R Sri Sanjeevan, who survived a shooting on Saturday, did not lodge a police report on an alleged threat against him and his family as was claimed in his Twitter post, police have said.

“Sanjeevan did mention in social media some 12 hours before the shooting about the threat to him and his family. However, he did not file a report,” Negri Sembilan police chief Osman Salleh was quoted as saying in The Star.

Osman said the police did, however, investigate a report Sanjeevan made last January regarding threats he allegedly received from an officer at the Jelebu police station.

He said the case was then referred to the deputy public prosecutor and that it was classified as 'No Further Action'.

“The problem is that, apart from the Jelebu case, Sanjeevan was not specific in his allegations,” Osman reportedly said.

Sanjeevan (left), 29, was shot in the chest about 4.30pm on Saturday in Jelebu, while driving to his hometown of Bahau in Negri Sembilan.

He is reportedly stable and recuperating after an operation at the Tuanku Ja'afar Hospital in Seremban, where police say he is being given round-the-clock protection.

At 8.16am on Saturday, Sanjeevan had claimed on Twitter that a police officer had told a crime syndicate member that he would provide firearms so that the criminals could intimidate Sanjeevan and his family.

Former police chief Musa Hassan, who is also MyWatch patron, said the shooting may be linked to the expose Sanjeevan had made about alleged police involvement in crime gangs.

The shooting is being investigated by Bukit Aman, under the supervision of federal criminal investigations department director Hadi Ho Abdullah.

IGP: Don't prematurely blame cops for Sanjeevan's shooting

Inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar has urged the public not to finger the police over the attempted murder of R Sri Sanjeevan until investigations are concluded.

“Do not immediately accuse the police for being involved in the shooting of the MyWatch president.

“I have said, we will investigate the matter from all angles,” Khalid told a press conference at the Bukit Aman police headquarters this morning.

He added that if indeed there were police involved in the case, none of them would be spared.

“We have never protected anyone that has committed a crime.

“Have you remembered any case where the police protected any personnel or officer who had been involved (in crime)?” he asked.
Khalid lamented that there had even been posting on the social media accusing the authorities of issuing instructions for Sanjeevan's assassination.

"We will be calling the person who made the claim. We want to know which authority gave the so-called instruction to shoot Sanjeevan," he said, adding that the people should not speculate on the matter.

Asked about Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli's claim that Sanjeevan was on the verge of revealing an internal police investigation against its own personnel for alleged links to drug syndicates, Khalid did not confirm or deny the internal probe.

"We always probe when there is any complaint against our officers. That is the purpose of having the disciplinary division. It is their duty to probe all accusations from members of the public or anyone else," he replied.

However, he said, if Rafizi has any knowledge on the matter, he should come forward to assist in the police investigation.

"We also hope that Sanjeevan will quickly recover so that we can also interview him," Khalid said.

Khalid: I spoke to Sanjeevan

Asked if Sanjeevan had made any police report prior to his shooting, Khalid replied: "He made all kinds of police reports, we will review all of them."

Khalid added that before this, he had personally spoken to Sanjeevan and the anti-crime activist had also engaged with the narcotics and disciplinary divisions of the police force.

"But he (Sanjeevan) was not prepared to provide the source of his information, so we cannot do a complete investigation," he said.

The top cop said Sanjeevan's condition was now stable and that he was expected to undergo surgery to remove a bullet from his ribcage today.

Sanjeevan was shot at a road junction in Bahau, Negeri Sembilan, last Saturday by two men on a motorcycle.

He survived the attack by speeding off after being hit by the first bullet. He is now being treated at the Tuanku Ja'afar Hospital in Seremban.

'Sanjeevan was to release leaked police memo'

 

A leaked police memo shedding light on its officers linked to drugs syndicates was due to be released this week by anti-crime activist R Sri Sanjeevan, who was shot in Negeri Sembilan last Saturday.

Revealing this today, PKR strategy director Rafizi Ramli added: "Sanjeevan said he obtained an internal police memo, which lists the police personnel who are being investigated internally for (allegedly) being involved in drug syndicates."

Elaborating on his 20-minute meeting with Sanjeevan a day before he was shot, Rafizi told a press conference at the PKR headquarters today that the MyWatch chairperson confided to him that the offences were very serious, for which there were mandatory sentences upon conviction.

However, Rafizi added, Sanjeevan did not disclose the names of the police officers involved at that time.

He said it was "fortunate" that Sanjeevan, who was shot in the rib cage, had not revealed the names to him.

Rafizi suspect that Sanjeevan's access to the leaked memo was a "very probable" reason for him being shot in Bahau last Saturday.

"It's very probable. I mean, he was not working on anything else, .... he talks only to the Home Ministry, police and underworld... it is only reasonable to think (this was the reason)," he said.

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'Custodial death' - Cop to be charged today

The fourth suspect in custodial death victim N Dhamendran's case is expected to be charged this afternoon.
Although Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar (right) said earlier that police officer Hare Krishnan would be charged tomorrow, it is learnt that he would be brought to the Kuala Lumpur High Court this afternoon. 
Hare Krishnan surrendered at the Bukit Aman police headquarters at 10am this morning and was taken to the Dang Wangi district police headquarters.

Prior to his surrender, Hare Krishnan had informed his family that he might be charged in connection with Dhamendran's death.
"He turned himself in to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) director (Hadi Ho Abdullah) with his lawyer," Khalid told a press conference at Bukit Aman.

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Hare Krishnan was never on the run, says wife

Inspector S Hare Krishnan, the fourth suspect in the custodial death of N Dhamendran, was never on the run, his wife has claimed.

Shaarmini Balakrishnan (right in photo) told Malaysiakini today that Hare Krishnan did not turn up for work after his leave expired on June 15 because he had been told that he was suspended from duty.

Since then, she said, Hare Krishnan had engaged a lawyer who has sent numerous letters to the police but there has been no reply.

“He was never on the run. The lawyer was available (for the police) to contact,” she said.

Hare Krishnan turned himself in at Dang Wangi at 11am today.

Shaarmini further said that he has made a Statutory Declaration claiming his innocence in the Dhamendran’s case.

She said she was in the house with Hare Krishnan (right) when he received a call from the Dang Wangi police district headquarters informing him about Dhamendran's death.

"He was at home resting. And I heard him shout when he was informed about Dhamendran's death," she said.

Shaarmini said the inspector-general of police had assured Hare Krishnan of justice if he surrenders.

"In fact, the police asked him to surrender and rejoin work. He was only asked to give a statement," she said.
'Waiting for statement'
Shaarmini said that, all the while, Hare Krishnan had been waiting for a written statement from the police that they would investigate the claims he had made in a police report on June 1.

In the same report, he had declared his innocence and said he was not even at the police station on the day Dhamendran died, on May 21.

"It was only after Malaysiakini reported on the matter that the police issued a statement that they would investigate his police report," she added.

On June 5, three police personnel, a sergeant and two corporals, were charged with the murder of Dhamendran.