By Neville Spykerman
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 19 — PKR’s Tian Chua took the Prime Minister’s Department to task for claiming, in a written response to his question in Parliament, that no action was taken against P. Balasubramaniam because they could not find him.
The Batu MP said the private investigator – who fled Malaysia in July 2008 after issuing contradictory statutory declarations that linked Datuk Seri Najib Razak to a murdered Mongolian model – had himself said in recent media interviews that the government had “arranged” his travels.
Chua pointed out that the former police special branch officer had said passports were issued to him and his family within 24 hours, before he left the country, and that he was interviewed by Malaysian police at the Malaysian embassy while in Bangkok.
Bala then left for New Delhi as well as Kathmandu, and had alleged the trip was arranged by the government.
“So how can the Prime Minister’s Department claim they could not locate Balasubramaniam, when the foreign minister knew where he was?” asked Tian Chua.
Subang MP R Sivarasa, who was questioned by police at the Commercial Crime Department in Bukit Aman after Bala disappeared last year, said the police has asserted that his first statutory was false.
“So why have they not arrested or extradited him, at least to conduct investigations?” asked Sivarasa.
“It’s incredible for them to say they don’t know where he is,” he added
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