Special honour: Razarudin inspecting the guard of honour in conjunction with the PPM 77th anniversary celebration at the Lahad Datu Marine Police Force headquarters. — Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR: The investigation into the acid attack on Selangor FC winger Faisal Halim at a shopping mall in Kota Damansara is still ongoing, says Tan Sri Razarudin Husain.
Stating that the investigation had never stopped, the Inspector-General of Police said the police detained three suspects and recorded the statements of 23 others to assist in the investigation since it started in May.
"The Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has conducted a thorough investigation but there was no credible evidence linking all three suspects.
"Forensic analysis on the mobile phones (of the three suspects) also did not yield any evidence or conversations that they were involved in the attack.
"The CID also conducted checks on their bank accounts but there were no suspicious transactions discovered," he said when contacted yesterday.
The IGP said checks on the number plates used by the attacker revealed that it was fake.
"We also issued a photofit of the suspect to get assistance and information from the public.
"Despite all the actions taken so far, we have never stopped investigating the case. We are always on the lookout for any new information," he said.
Razarudin also urged those with information about the incident to come forward and inform the police.
On Thursday, Sungai Ramal assemblyman Mohd Shafie Ngah enquired about the progress of the case involving attack on Faisal during the Selangor state assembly session.
State youth, sports and entrepreneurship committee chairman Mohd Najwan Halimi said the Selangor government has yet to receive any feedback from the police on the progress of the investigation into the case involving the Red Giants' stalwart.
He said they are still awaiting information after an emergency motion to condemn the extreme and violent action against the sportsman was unanimously supported at the previous session.
“As of now, we are still unaware of the status of Faisal Halim’s case, and the last information we received was that the Speaker (Lau Weng San) had written to the police notifying them of the motion that was unanimously agreed upon in the last session,” said Mohd Najwan.
At the previous state assembly session, an emergency motion to condemn acts of extreme violence against athletes was unanimously approved by the Selangor assembly which, among other things, called for a thorough investigation into the attack and the findings to be made public.
On May 5, 26-year-old Faisal suffered fourth-degree burns on several parts of his body after being doused with acid by an unknown individual at a shopping mall in Kota Damansara.
He underwent treatment in the Intensive Care Unit in a private hospital for 10 days.
Meanwhile, Bernama reported that Razarudin said the Marine Police Force (PPM) recorded 7,103 cases involving the seizure of goods worth RM210mil between January and October this year.
He said the confiscated items included drugs, cigarettes, liquor, smuggled petrol and diesel, as well as land and sea wildlife.
"On behalf of the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) leadership, we maintain that PPM should remain under PDRM despite prior (discussions) about placing it under the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA),” he told reporters after attending the PPM 77th Anniversary Celebration at the Region 4 PPM Operations headquarters in Lahad Datu yesterday.
Razarudin said the celebration demonstrated PDRM’s ongoing presence in Sabah, especially in the east coast area due to the many challenges posed by illegal immigration.
