Lim dares Najib to probe AG's conduct

The prime minister has been challenged to establish a judicial tribunal into allegations that Attorney-General (AG) Abdul Gani Patail had abused his powers by framing police officers who were investigating an underworld figure.

This follows alleged corruption and subversion of the rule of law in relation to a case in 2007 that was said to involve the AG, police chief and the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) head.

Malaysiakini reported yesterday that deputy home minister Johari Baharom had bypassed police chief Musa Hassan and instructed Commercial Crimes Investigation Department head Ramli Yusuff to investigate Johor kingpin Goh Cheng Poh.

In a statement, DAP veteran leader Lim Kit Siang said a judicial tribunal should be established not only to investigate Gani (left), but also Musa and then ACA director-general Zulkipli Mat Noor who had investigated the matter and cleared one another.

"Public interest demands that there should be a no-holds-barred judicial inquiry not only to get to the bottom of the several bizarre train of events in 2007 at the topmost levels of government, including serious allegations of abuse of power by the AG in undermining the rule of law and victimising Ramli and other police officers, but also into new evidence regarding Anwar Ibrahim's black-eye incident and former MAS chairperson Tajudin Ramli," he said.

Ramli had claimed to be in possession of new evidence in the two cases, as he had been part of the investigation team.

Abdul Gani is alleged to have used the ACA to access highly-confidential files on the case. Informants against Goh were allegedly hunted down and coerced into changing their statements to implicate the police.

Following this, Ramli's team of investigators were charged with fabricating evidence against Goh but was acquitted last year.

Johari was accused of corruption and was investigated by the ACA, but was eventually cleared.