Police hot on Jamal's trail, says Selangor top cop


  • Nation
  • Tuesday, 05 Jun 2018

KUALA LUMPUR: The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) is hot on the trail of fugitive politician Datuk Seri Jamal Yunos, who has fled to Indonesia.

Selangor's top cop Comm Datuk Mazlan Mansor said Bukit Aman is liasing with Indonesian authorities to track down the Sungai Besar Umno division chief.

"We will work with our Indonesian counterparts to track him down.

"We will use our resources to bring him to justice and uphold the law," he told The Star on Tuesday.

Members of the public with information on Jamal's whereabouts should come forward as soon as possible, he added.

"We will explore all available leads, thus we appreciate it if anyone with information can talk to us.

"We have given him (Jamal) ample time to cooperate with us but he insulted the rule of law by fleeing," he said.

Jamal fled police custody after failing to complete his bail process two weeks ago.

"We believe he may have used illegal means to reach Indonesia," Comm Mazlan said.

An arrest warrant was issued for him last Friday (June 1) for the offence of escaping or resisting police custody.

Jamal had earlier promised to present himself to the police on May 30, but failed to do so.

Later, he released a video of himself at an oil palm plantation, where he claimed there was an effort by certain parties to direct the police to frame him at any cost.

He is being investigated for at least six offences, including creating public nuisance by breaking bottles of alcohol to protest the Better Beer Festival at the Selangor state secretariat building on Oct 5 last year.

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