KUALA LUMPUR: Bukit Aman has never stopped investigating the acid splashing attack on Selangor FC winger Faisal Halim at a shopping mall in Kota Damansara in May, says Tan Sri Razarudin Husain.
The Inspector-General of Police said the police have detained three suspects and recorded the statements of 23 others to assist the investigation since it started in May.
"The Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has conducted a thorough investigation but there was no credible evidence linking all three suspects.
"Forensic analysis on the mobile phones (of the three suspects) also did not yield any evidence or conversations that they were involved in the attack.
"In fact, the CID also conducted checks on their bank accounts but there were no suspicious transactions discovered," he said when contacted on Saturday (Nov 23).
The IGP said checks on the number plates used by the attacker revealed that it was fake.
"We also issued a photofit of the suspect to get assistance and information from the public.
"Despite all the actions that have been taken so far, we have never stopped investigating the case. We are always on alert for any new information," he said.
Razarudin also urged those with information to come forward and inform the police.
On Thursday (Nov 21), Sungai Ramal assemblyman Mohd Shafie Ngah had inquired about the progress of the case involving the Red Giants’ stalwart.
State Youth, Sports and Entrepreneurship Committee chairman Mohd Najwan Halimi responded, saying the Selangor government had yet to receive any feedback from the police on the progress of the investigation into the case involving Faisal.
“As of now, we are still unaware of the status of Faisal’s case, and the last information we received was that the Speaker (Lau Weng San) had written to the police notifying them of the motion that was unanimously agreed upon in the last session,” he explained.
At the previous Selangor state assembly session, an emergency motion to condemn acts of extreme violence against athletes was unanimously approved by the Selangor assembly which, among other things, called for a thorough investigation into the attack and the findings to be disclosed to the public.
On May 5, 26-year-old Faisal suffered fourth-degree burns on several parts of his body after being doused with acid by an unknown individual at a shopping mall in Kota Damansara and had to be treated in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for about 10 days.
