Interpol Red Notice soon

KUALA LUMPUR: Police are still waiting for technical information from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to complete the application for an Interpol Red Notice for two individuals, including the son-in-law of former prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, Datuk Seri Muhammad Adlan Berhan.

Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay said MACC is updating several technical issues.

“When we can complete it, we will make an official request to Interpol,” he said.

In August, MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki was reported to have said that Muhammad Adlan, 48, and lawyer Mansoor Saat, 69, were required to appear before the commission for questioning over alleged corruption and embezzlement in the registration, recruitment and biometric storage of foreign workers in a ministry.

A previous check with the Immigration Department found that the two individuals left Malaysia on May 17 and 21, and there was no record of them re-entering the country.

Commenting on the investigation into allegations that Ipoh Timur MP Howard Lee Chuan How insulted Islam by interpreting verses from the Quran himself, Ayob Khan said two police reports had been received regarding the case.

“Lee’s statement was taken at the Perak Contingent Police headquarters last Tuesday, and the case is being investigated under Section 505 (c) of the Penal Code as well as Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998,” he said.

Lee had apologised for quoting verses from the Quran in a video on social media, saying that he had no intention of infringing on the sensitivities of the Muslim community. — Bernama