Friday, April 08, 2011

'Customs man's injuries in line with fall from height'

The injuries found on Selangor Customs Department assistant director Ahmad Sarbani Mohamed are consistent with falling from a height, said Federal Territory police chief Zulkifli Abdullah.“From the injuries that were seen on his body, we think they are consistent with a fall from a height, but we have to wait for the laboratory report before coming to any conclusions,” he said.Speaking to reporters after officially opening the Kuala Lumpur police contingent monthly assembly today, Zulkifli said samples were taken from the deceased during a post-mortem that lasted more than a day.

Ahmad Sarbani, 56, was found dead at a badminton court after falling from the third floor of the Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office in Jalan Cochrane on Wednesday morning.
He was among 62 Customs officers arrested during a dragnet - dubbed Operation 3B - by a task force led by the MACC and including six other agencies on April 1 at the Customs office in North Port, Port Klang to assist in investigations into corruption cases, money laundering and other offences.He was released on bail on April 2, after being charged in court. Ahmad Sarbani was laid to rest at the Kota Damansara Muslim cemetery at about 6.30pm yesterday.

“As of now the statements of six MACC officials have been recorded,” said Zulkifli, adding that this could have included statements from the two anti-graft agency officers who were suspended.“We are investigating all aspects of the case... we don't want to preempt the findings as of now,” he said.

Close-circuit television (CCTV) recordings have also been confiscated to assist in the investigations, said Zulkifli.According to MACC investigations director Mustafar Ali, Ahmad Sarbani had returned to the MACC building at 8.26am on April 6 without an appointment and requested to meet the investigating officer.
Ahmad Sarbani had already given his statement to the MACC and was released from custody at 12.30pm on Saturday.Mustafar said an officer then accompanied the senior Customs officer to a room in the office, before leaving to collect the case file only to find him missing upon his return.


Source : http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/160948

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