Bala still waiting to meet MACC

20, 10 2:51pm
Private investigator P Balasubramaniam is still waiting to be interviewed by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and reiterated he was "ready, willing and able to do so".

In a letter sent to the media, signed by his lawyers Manjeet Singh Dhillon and Americk Sidhu, the private eye who was a witness in the murder case of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariiibuu, has offered July and London as the date and place for his meeting with the graft-busters.


According to his lawyers, Balasubramaniam has yet to receive a formal letter from MACC despite deputy commissioner Shukri Abdull have publicly said that they would meet with the private investigator "anywhere he felt appropriate".

Shukri has also stated that MACC had no objections to Balasubramaniam's lawyers being present when his statement was being recorded.

No follow-up from MACC

Manjeet and Americk have described this as a "pleasant surprise" as the MACC had earlier insisted that the interview be conducted at the Malaysian High Commission in Singapore and the conversation would be classified under the Official Secrets Act.

However, they said Balasubramaniam is still waiting for MACC to follow-up on its offer.

"We had anticipated that this announcement would have been presented to us in the form of a written response to our letter dated Jan 22 but unfortunately this has not happened."

On July 3, 2008, Balasubramaniam made a sensational statutory declaration pertaining to the murder of Altantuya but retracted it the next day, and subsequently left the country with his family.

He claimed that he was offered huge sums of money to withdraw the damning statutory declaration which drew a link between Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and Mongolian national Altantuya.

Source from :http://www.malaysiakini.com