Policemen leading one of those arresteed in the murder case
The police and the Attorney-General’s Chambers have begun preparing charges against the seven suspects detained for the murder of cosmetics millionaire Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya and her three companions.
Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Ismail Omar said today he considered the case solved and commended CID Director Datuk Seri Mohd Bakri Zinin, his deputy Datuk Hadi Ho Abdullah and police detectives involved in apprehending the suspects, The Star reported in its online edition.
However, he cautioned the press not to speculate that something was wrong if charges are not brought against the suspects soon as the police wanted to first make sure that the case was airtight.
A Datuk and his brother — both believed to be lawyers — and five others have been arrested in connection with the case following the discovery of four charred bodies at a poultry farm in Tanjung Sepat, Morib.
The bodies are believed to be Sosilawati, 47, her driver Kamaruddin Shamsudin, 44, CIMB Kampung Baru officer Noorhisham Mohammad, 38, and lawyer Ahmad Kamil Abdul Karim, 32, who were reported missing since August 30 after going to Banting, Selangor, for a land purchase matter.
Bakri said over the weekend that police were still trying to obtain forensic confirmation to identify the dead, revealing that the four were set ablaze and their ashes scattered into a river near Ladang Gadong in Tanjung Sepat near here.
The suspects, aged between 19 and 41, are being held at the Bukit Jalil police lockup in Kuala Lumpur, Bakri revealed. It was learnt that police have obtained seven-day remand orders to facilitate investigations into the case.
Ismail also said that the police had formed a task force to investigate all missing persons linked to the lawyers, said to number between four and 17, based on statements given by the suspects.
He added that all missing person reports must be investigated immediately and thoroughly to avoid similar incidents in future, and admitted that Sosilawati’s death could have been prevented if fast action had been taken.
“I have already instructed my men that there should be no more slacking. Those caught slacking or ignoring missing persons reports will be severely reprimanded,” he said.
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Did our new IGP really admit that theis murder case could have been prevented....and go on to imply that it was the police's past inaction/lack-of-action/slacking in investigating other missing persons that resulted in this foursome-murder ???!!! Or is it mis-reporting again???
If he really said it then I must add that .....it takes a MAN to admit this, although unfortunately, it took 4 deaths to make the people-in-charge wake up and start doing what they damned ought to have been doing in the first place -investigate ALL missing-persons reports with ernestness. Maybe it's becos this one involved a high-profile millionaire. What a shame.
Condolences to the families of all the deceased.
You can find an abandoned car and the police will ask you to drive it to the station and without even the police coming to the scene. In the evening they will tell you that you can take the car back. No dusting, no checking. It happened to us after we lodged a missing person's report a few years back and was alerted by a security guard that the car was near his workplace. The missing person has not been found yet. Probably the case will be closed and recorded as solved after we find the body of the missing person. So much for police investigation!!!
As awful as it sounds, we have to be thankful that the killers overstretched themselves and finally killed someone as high-profile as Sosilawati. If they had been more disciplined and restricted their victims to untitled ordinary folk or foreigners like that old friend from Chennai, they would have been allowed to continue their killing spree.
What I also find amazing is that CID Director Datuk Seri Mohd Bakri Zinin admitted that these two main suspects have been connected to four other missing person cases. Wow, four... and the police couldn't nail them!
Clearly, this case reeks of incompetence and oversight. I would even suggest indifference, because the police has probably been paid off all this time to look another way! Think about it. How else can the police explain how they took such a short time to "solve" the case – they already knew who was responsible and exactly where to start digging....!
The IGP should not close the files so easily.
Remember they still have to be convicted and things can go wrong in the courts.
The PDRM has done a good job in this case and the motive appears clear and convincing.
What about the Altantuya case? The henchmen has been caught. What was their motive? Who was the mastermind? Who gave the orders? How could they get the C4? For the sake of this nation, PDRM you must let the public know the whole truth. Don't hide it. Dont lose your integrity on this matter.
we had 2 guys convicted and the motive was never established - furthermore they always attended court with a hood so the public never got to see their faces. Is that not worrisome?
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