Selangor chief on Jamal's escape: Stern action will be taken against cops on duty

KUALA LUMPUR: Selangor's top cop has promised stern action against the police officer and personnel who were on duty when fugitive politician Datuk Seri Jamal Yunos gave them the slip at Ampang Puteri Specialist Hospital.

"We will not tolerate such mistakes," said Comm Datuk Mazlan Mansor (pic).

"Jamal was supposed to complete his bail arrangement but instead he left the hospital and he has not surrendered himself," he said.

The Sungai Besar Umno division chief was under police remand at the hospital's premium ward, where he was undergoing treatment for back pain.

He was found missing by Shah Alam Court assistant registrar Rahasbiah Abd Rahman when she turned up to issue his bail.

Jamal's lawyer later said there was a misunderstanding over the matter.

Jamal then 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.

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

Police have launched a manhunt called Ops Tutup to find him. He has since fled to Indonesia, and Malaysian police said they were working with their counterparts there to track him down.