Nope, no Musa in sight. This is as far as reporters get at the hospital.
SUBANG JAYA: Tan Sri Musa Aman remains hidden from view even after returning to Malaysia, cocooned at a private hospital in Subang Jaya.
Reporters from the Star who visited his VVIP suite at the hospital a day after he was arrested (but saw his remand order rejected) found that the former Sabah chief minister is still heavily protected by bodyguards and aides who are quick to turn away the media.
The Sungai Sibuga assemblyman has not been spotted in public since his return to Malaysia on Tuesday (Aug 21).
On Wednesday (Aug 22), Deputy Home Minister Datuk Azis Jamman was reported as saying that Musa must follow the standard operating procedure (SOP) of the police in receiving medical treatment.
He said this meant Musa must go to a government hospital, because the confirmation of his health status must come from a government doctor, and not a private one.
Azis also said that while undergoing treatment, Musa would be put under police supervision.
Musa, the former Sabah Barisan Nasional chairman, was sworn in as chief minister on the night of May 10 and expected to form a government with a simple majority of 31 seats.
However, his tenure was short-lived as six Barisan state assemblymen soon abandoned the coalition to support Parti Warisan Sabah (Warisan) led by Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal.
The move gave Shafie a simple majority of 35 seats, ousting Musa. Shafie was then sworn in as Chief Minister less than 48 hours after Musa Aman's swearing in ceremony.
On May 14, Musa, by then wanted by the police and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), fled Sabah. He left Malaysia on May 17 for the United Kingdom.
Over three months later on Tuesday (Aug 21), the day his political arch-nemesis Shafie marked his 100 days in office, Musa returned in a private jet from Singapore.
He is expected to face a series of investigations by the police, the MACC and even the immigration department ahead of a Sept 3 High Court decision on him (Musa) allegedly intimidating Governor Tun Juhar Mahiruddin Shafie for the appointment of Shafie as the Chief Minister.
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