Sosilawati murder probe not racially motivated
Published: Sep 16, 2010 5:39 AM | Updated: Sep 16, 2010 9:08 AM
Inspector-general of police Ismail Omar said the investigation into the murder of cosmetics queen Sosilawati Lawiya and three others was not racially motivated.
"This case is like any other criminal case as there are the criminals and the victims," he said at a dialogue with local community leaders at the Kuala Langat district police headquarters in Banting today in conjunction with his visit to Selangor as the new IGP.
Inspector-general of police Ismail Omar said the investigation into the murder of cosmetics queen Sosilawati Lawiya and three others was not racially motivated.
"This case is like any other criminal case as there are the criminals and the victims," he said at a dialogue with local community leaders at the Kuala Langat district police headquarters in Banting today in conjunction with his visit to Selangor as the new IGP.
Ismail also said that investigations into cases which had racial elements like the arson on churches in Selangor and surau in Johor were carried out based on the law.
However, he said, the public should understand that the process of prosecution came under the jurisdiction of the attorney-general and not the police.
Ismail (left) said this after one of the community leaders present questioned why cases involving the throwing of paint and liquor bottles at surau were not brought to court unlike cases involving the torching of churches.
On another note, the IGP said he had ordered Selangor police including in the Kuala Langat district to monitor the rising involvement of the local youths in crime.
He said he would also look into the need to increase manpower and logistical support for the district police headquarters and to place an assistant commissioner of police to head the police there instead of a Superintendent like now.
The matter was raised by Kuala Langat MCA division chief Eii Kim Hock who said the dictrict police needed to be beefed up due to rapid development in Kuala Langat, which is surrounded by such areas as Putrajaya and the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, besides having a long coastline.
Eii said the Kuala Langat district now had a population of about 200,000 and hoped that more police cars would patrol the area so that the people there would feel safer with increased police presence.
While he thanked police for taking action against illegal gambling activities in the district, Eii also praised their swift investigation into the murder of Sosilawati and three others although the Raya celebration was on.
Ismail, meanwhile, said police managed to reduce the crime rate in the district by 14 per cent between January and August this year.
Najib praises police team
In a related development, Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak congratulated the police force for its efficiency in solving quickly the murder of Sosilawati.
He said the police should be given the time and space to handle the case so that all involved in the crime could be brought to justice.
"This success (of the police) is very encouraging. I congratulate the police force for having acted fast.
"I hope they will gather all the evidence so that the court will have no doubt in imposing a sentence commensurate with the seriousness of the crime committed," he told reporters in Sandakan when asked to comment on a statement by Ismail that the murder of Sosilawati and three men had been solved.
Sosilawati, 47 (right), her driver Kamaruddin Shamsudin, 44, lawyer Ahmad Kamil Abdul Karim, 32, and CIMB Bank officer Noorhisham Mohammad, 38, went missing on Aug 30 after they had gone to Banting, Selangor, over a land deal.
Police found out that the four had been killed, their bodies burnt and the ashes thrown into rivers near Ladang Gadong in Tanjung Sepat near Banting, and have detained eight suspects, among them two lawyers.
- Bernama
"This case is like any other criminal case as there are the criminals and the victims," he said at a dialogue with local community leaders at the Kuala Langat district police headquarters in Banting today in conjunction with his visit to Selangor as the new IGP.
Ismail also said that investigations into cases which had racial elements like the arson on churches in Selangor and surau in Johor were carried out based on the law.However, he said, the public should understand that the process of prosecution came under the jurisdiction of the attorney-general and not the police.
Ismail (left) said this after one of the community leaders present questioned why cases involving the throwing of paint and liquor bottles at surau were not brought to court unlike cases involving the torching of churches.
On another note, the IGP said he had ordered Selangor police including in the Kuala Langat district to monitor the rising involvement of the local youths in crime.
He said he would also look into the need to increase manpower and logistical support for the district police headquarters and to place an assistant commissioner of police to head the police there instead of a Superintendent like now.
The matter was raised by Kuala Langat MCA division chief Eii Kim Hock who said the dictrict police needed to be beefed up due to rapid development in Kuala Langat, which is surrounded by such areas as Putrajaya and the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, besides having a long coastline.
Eii said the Kuala Langat district now had a population of about 200,000 and hoped that more police cars would patrol the area so that the people there would feel safer with increased police presence.
While he thanked police for taking action against illegal gambling activities in the district, Eii also praised their swift investigation into the murder of Sosilawati and three others although the Raya celebration was on.
Ismail, meanwhile, said police managed to reduce the crime rate in the district by 14 per cent between January and August this year.
Najib praises police team
In a related development, Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak congratulated the police force for its efficiency in solving quickly the murder of Sosilawati.
He said the police should be given the time and space to handle the case so that all involved in the crime could be brought to justice.
"This success (of the police) is very encouraging. I congratulate the police force for having acted fast.
"I hope they will gather all the evidence so that the court will have no doubt in imposing a sentence commensurate with the seriousness of the crime committed," he told reporters in Sandakan when asked to comment on a statement by Ismail that the murder of Sosilawati and three men had been solved.Sosilawati, 47 (right), her driver Kamaruddin Shamsudin, 44, lawyer Ahmad Kamil Abdul Karim, 32, and CIMB Bank officer Noorhisham Mohammad, 38, went missing on Aug 30 after they had gone to Banting, Selangor, over a land deal.
Police found out that the four had been killed, their bodies burnt and the ashes thrown into rivers near Ladang Gadong in Tanjung Sepat near Banting, and have detained eight suspects, among them two lawyers.
- Bernama
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