KUALA LUMPUR: Police are still investigating the recent violence against football players, and have lifted fingerprints that were found at the scene of an acid attack.
However, they have only one suspect in custody, having released one man held earlier, Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said.
The Inspector-General of Police denied claims by an online programme that a third person had been arrested and warned everyone not to make speculation that could jeopardise investigations, including linking the attacks to a palace.
“The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is still investigating the motive behind the attacks on (Terengganu’s) Akhyar Rashid, (Selangor’s) Faisal Halim and (Johor’s) Safiq Rahim.
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“We deny allegations by irresponsible parties on social media that the real motive has been ascertained. Those are lies.
“Irresponsible parties, including the ‘Edisi Siasat’ (ES) telegram channel have made claims that we may have solved the case. But those are speculation and lies.
“We have not even obtained the real motive (behind the attacks),” he said after attending the closing ceremony of the Defence Services Asia (DSA) and National Security (NatSec) Asia 2024 yesterday.
“I also urge any football player who receive threats or has any useful information to contact the police,” he said, adding that CID director Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain had himself gone to the scene where Faisal suffered the acid attack.
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Comm Mohd Shuhaily said at the scene that police are analysing the fingerprints they found. The police have not identified the suspects as they were wearing helmets and were not facing the CCTV camera.
Two members of the Selangor FC management had been called to record their statements.
Separately, Selangor Ruler Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah has expressed support for the team’s decision not to take part in the Charity Shield game against Johor Darul Ta’zim at the Sultan Ibrahim Stadium in Iskandar Puteri.
In a statement by Istana Alam Shah, Sultan Sharafuddin said he was disappointed with the Malaysian Football League’s decision to proceed with the game.
“His Majesty has proclaimed that the priority now is the life and safety of players and not the winning of trophies,” said Istana Alam Shah.
