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DAP gesa Putrajaya adakan suruhanjaya diraja kedua siasat SPRM

April 06, 2011

Pemandangan bangunan SPRM Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur di Jalan Cochrane dari arah belakang.

KUALA LUMPUR, 6 April – DAP menggesa kerajaan mengadakan satu lagi suruhanjaya diraja bagi menyiasat insiden terbaru – kematian membabitkan kakitangan Kastam pagi tadi – di premis Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM).

Setiausaha Agungnya Lim Guan Eng berkata, SPRM juga perlu dirombak semula bagi memastikan sama ada ia benar-benar relevan dalam menjalankan fungsinya mencegah rasuah.

“DAP menyeru agar satu suruhanjaya siasatan diraja ditubuhkan bagi menyiasat kematian Ahmad (Sarbani Mohamed).

“Suruhanjaya ini akan menentukan punca kematian, menghukum mereka yang bertanggungjawab dan melaksanakan langkah perlindungan bagi memastikan suspek yang dipanggil tidak akan cedera ataupun mati ketika dalam tahanan SPRM,” kata beliau dalam satu kenyataan dikeluarkan petang ini.

Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang ini menambah rakyat Malaysia tidak mempercayai kata-kata beberapa pemimpin BN bahawa bekas setiausaha politik DAP Teoh Beng Hock telah membunuh diri selepas ditemui mati di Plaza Masalam dua tahun lalu.

“Malahan mereka percaya bahawa Teoh dibunuh. Persoalannya terletak kepada kerajaan, sejauh manakah kerajaan serius dalam mencari siapa yang bertanggungjawab dan seterusnya mengambil tindakan.

“Kematian tragis Ahmad akan menimbulkan kecurigaan yang lebih mendalam dan seterusnya menghancurkan kepercayaan orang ramai terhadap kaedah operasi dan cara penyiasatan SPRM,” kata beliau lagi sambil merakamkan ucapan takziah kepada keluarga Ahmad, penolong pengarah Kastam Selangor.

Allahyarham Ahmad ditemui mati di kawasan gelanggang badminton di tingkat satu bangunan SPRM di Jalan Conchrane di sini pagi tadi.

Dua tingkap bangunan SPRM Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur yang tidak ditutup rapat.

“DAP melahirkan rasa marah atas kejadian seumpama ini sedangkan trajedi kematian Teoh Beng Hock masih belum dapat diselesaikan. Adakah SPRM masih belum bangun dan mendapat pengajaran?” kata beliau lagi.

Ahmad merupakan salah seorang individu yang ditahan pada 1 April lalu dalam satu operasi besar-besaran - Operasi 3B - yang membabitkan cukai tidak dibayar dan dibebaskan dengan ikat jamin keesokan harinya.

Kata Lim, kematian Allahyarham Ahmad dan beberapa rantaian peristiwa yang menyebabkan kematian mengingatkan kembali kematian tragis Teoh di bangunan yang menempatkan pejabat SPRM, Selangor.

“Walaupun SPRM telah berjanji bahawa kes seperti itu tidak akan berulang selepas kematian Teoh Beng Hock dan tempoh jawatan pengarah yang lepas tidak disambung, namun kematian Ahmad pagi tadi menunjukkan bahawa SPRM tidak pernah belajar daripada kematian tragis Teoh,” katanya.

Malah kata Lim, SPRM perlu dirombak semula bagi memastikan sama ada ia masih relevan untuk melaksanakan tugas antirasuahnya secara efektif, efisen, tidak berat sebelah dan profesional tanpa ada sebarang kecederaan ataupun kematian terhadap suspek.

“SPRM tanpa kredibiliti menunjukkan kerajaan BN tidak serius untuk memerangi rasuah.

“Untuk merombak semula, DAP mendesak kerajaan persekutuan untuk menubuhkan badan siasatan bebas oleh Transparency International bagi mengkaji semula operasi dan kaedah SPRM,” katanya lagi.

Angry forwarding agents call MACC ‘murderers’

By Shannon Teoh

April 06, 2011

Over 100 forwarding agents gathered in front of the Customs department’s import/export division upon hearing of Ahmad Sarbani’s death. — Pic by Shannon Teoh

PORT KLANG, April 6 — An innocuous negotiation at the Customs office here over the use of a new import form system turned ugly after news of Ahmad Sarbani Mohamed’s death leaked out to forwarding agents who had come to get their forms cleared.

Calling the assistant director in the Customs Department’s import/export division “their favourite officer,” over 100 agents gathered outside the gates of the premises where Ahmad Sarbani used to work.

They hung posters on the gates with slogans such as “Suruhanjaya Pembunuh Rakyat Malaysia” as they expressed their anger both at the Customs Department and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).

“He was the cleanest and most helpful officer. The MACC was tipped-off by other officers who were jealous of his good relationship with us,” said A. Kumaran.

Another agent who refused to be named said that Ahmad Sarbani, who fell to his death from the third floor of the MACC building in Cheras this morning, could be counted on to understand their problems.

“Every day that our forms are not cleared, we get charged for storage of the containers. He understands when we need to close our shipments,” he said.

The gates of the Customs department were plastered with angry messages condemning the MACC for the death of “their favourite officer”. — Pic by Shannon Teoh

The 56-year-old officer had returned to the MACC office today despite already giving his statement in relation to an investigation into a Customs syndicate worth billions in unpaid taxes.

MACC investigations director Datuk Mustafar Ali said the Customs officer’s body was found sprawled on the first floor at 10.15am.

The death comes even as a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) is being conducted into the anti-graft body’s operating procedures following the death of former DAP aide Teoh Beng Hock, who also fell to his death from an MACC building.

Teoh was found dead on July 16, 2009 on the fifth floor of Plaza Masalam, Shah Alam, where the Selangor MACC office was then located.

Last week’s nationwide Customs dragnet swept 84 forwarding agents, a holding company and its 24 subsidiaries, and also led to the raid of 25 Customs premises.

Airfreight Forwarders Association of Malaysia (AFAM) chairman Walter Culas, who had been negotiating over the delay in processing the K1 forms, told The Malaysian Insider that the agents had become “emotional because they have been frustrated that their forms have been held up.”

“They like this officer but the main issue is the forms,” he said.

Customs introduced a new system last week where forwarding agents are no longer allowed to choose which officer to file their forms with

Impossible for Sarbani to commit suicide, say friends

By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani

April 06, 2011

Shocked and grief-stricken colleagues gathered outside the mortuary at Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (HUKM). — Pic by Jack Ooi

KUALA LUMPUR, April 6 — Deep in the basement carpark of Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (HUKM), shocked relatives and friends grieved silently as the body of Ahmad Sarbani Mohamed lay in the mortuary awaiting an autopsy.

They had come to one conclusion upon hearing of his death plunge earlier — that it was impossible for the 56-year-old Customs assistant director to commit suicide over investigations into over a billion ringgit in unpaid taxes across five ports in the country.

In Customs Department uniforms or clad with headscarves, men and women lined the hallway leading to the mortuary, murmuring prayers and talking in hushed tones about the man who was found sprawled on the first floor after falling from the third floor of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) building on Jalan Cochrane this morning.

Some were unable to control their grief, with tears seen trickling down their faces.

Sarbani’s family was protective of his wife and five children who were escorted to the mortuary waiting room with their faces covered to avoid photographers from capturing their images. His siblings refused to give any comments to reporters crowding the mortuary.

His childhood friend, Ridzuan Mohamad, told The Malaysian Insider of his disbelief when he received the news of Sarbani’s death today.

“I was close to him and he was very humble. I think the charge against him by MACC is nonsense. If it is true then show the proof. The way they interrogated him was not fair.

“He was just a scapegoat for someone else,” said the 46-year-old former reporter.

Ridzuan also said that it was illogical for him to commit suicide because he had always maintained his innocence.

“Last night he called and told me that he was being investigated by MACC. He told me that he was not scared as he has not done anything wrong.

“He also told me that he was going to send a document tomorrow (today). That was it, to send a document,” he added.

Another close friend, Ashaari Isa, added that Sarbani was very pious and that a man of God would not commit suicide.

“That is what MACC has to say but for those that knew him personally then it was impossible (that he committed suicide).

“His personality and conduct was that of a very religious person,” said the 57-year-old businessman.

Ahmad Sarbani’s widow (in black) is surrounded by family and friends in the mortuary waiting room. — Pic by Jack Ooi

He also dared MACC to explain why the senior Customs officer would commit suicide and requested for the closed-circuit-television footage (CCTV) to be made public.

Ashaari, who drove from Sarbani’s village in Perak, angrily denied that suicide was the cause of death.

“Men from our village don’t kill themselves but we kill others,” he said in an emotional outburst.

MACC investigations director Datuk Mustafar Ali earlier told reporters that Sarbani had returned to the MACC building at 8.26am today without an appointment and had requested to meet with the investigation officer.

Sarbani had already given his statement to MACC and was released from custody at 12.30pm on Saturday.

He had been remanded on March 29 following an MACC-led swoop on Customs staff, resulting in the arrests of 62 officers.

“The deceased had asked to meet with the investigation officer but did not say why,” Mustafar said.

The chief investigator said an officer then accompanied the Customs officer to a room in the office before leaving to collect the case file but found him missing when he returned.

Sarbani’s body was later found on the badminton court on the first floor.

Pandamaran assemblyman Ronnie Liu arrived later and was seen consoling the dead man’s relatives.

He told reporters that DAP has offered to represent the family but has yet to receive an answer.

Hospital authorities said the autopsy will be conducted at 9pm tonight. Police have yet to say when the body will be released for burial by the family.

Penolong Pengarah Kastam disiasat mati jatuh bangunan SPRM

Jenazah Allahyarham Ahmad Sarbani Mohamed dibawa keluar dari pejabat SPRM Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Cochrane, hari ini.

KUALA LUMPUR, 6 April — Seorang penolong pengarah Kastam Diraja Malaysia yang sedang disiasat Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) – sebahagian daripada 62 orang menjadi radar Operasi 3B sejak minggu lalu – mati dipercayai selepas jatuh dari bangunan agensi itu di Jalan Cochrane di sini, pagi ini.

Insiden terbaru ini, yang sekali lagi mengejut dan menggemparkan negara, berlaku ketika Suruhanjaya Diraja sedang mengadakan siasatan berhubung kematian bekas pegawai DAP Teoh Beng Hock, yang ditemui mati selepas disiasat SPRM di Shah Alam, dua tahun lalu.

SPRM memulakan Operasi 3B minggu lalu dan telah menahan 62 pegawai kastam di seluruh negara.

Sebahagian besar daripada telah dibebaskan sementara menanti siasatan susulan.

Pada satu sidang media di sini tengah hari tadi, Pengarah Siasatan SPRM Datuk Mustafar Ali berkata mangsa – Ahmad Sarbani Mohamed, 56, iaitu penolong pengarah Kastam Selangor ditemui mati di gelanggang badminton kira-kira 10 pagi tadi.

Ahmad Sarbani telah dibebaskan oleh SPRM selepas diikat jamin Sabtu lalu.

Mustafar berkata mayat pegawai itu ditemui di aras bawah, selepas didapati tidak kelihatan di bilik dia diminta menunggu pada pukul 10.15 pagi.

Kata beliau, Ahmad Sarbani datang ke bangunan SPRM kira-kira 8.26 pagi tanpa sebarang temu janji dengan pegawai siasatan.

Dalam satu kenyataan dikeluarkan pada sidang media itu, SPRM berkata, “antara pukul 10.15 pagi hingga 10.20 pagi satu kejadian telah berlaku di bangunan SPRM Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Cochrane, Kuala Lumpur di mana seorang individu telah ditemui meninggal dunia.”

“Individu yang ditemui meninggal dunia ini dikenal pasti sebagai Ahmad Sarbani Mohamed, berumur 56 tahun, seorang Penolong Pengarah Kastam,” kata kenyataan itu.

SPRM mengesahkan bahawa Ahmad Sarbani adalah antara pegawai kastam yang telah ditahan pada 1 April lalu di Pejabat Kastam Pelabuhan Utara, Klang.

“Penama tersebut setelah membantu dalam siasatan yang melibatkan Operasi 3B iaitu satu siasatan berkaitan kesalahan di bawah Akta Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia 2009, telah dilepaskan melalui jaminan pada 2 April, pukul 12.30 tengah hari.

“Penama tersebut telah pun meninggalkan pejabat SPRM Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur selepas dilepaskan melalui jaminan tersebut,” kata kenyataan itu lagi.

Katanya, Ahmad Sarbani telah datang ke Pejabat SPRM Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur seorang diri dengan menunggang motosikal dan meminta untuk berjumpa dengan pegawai penyiasat bagi berbincang mengenai kes terhadapnya.

“Oleh kerana pegawai-pegawai sedang bermesyuarat, maka penama berkenaan telah menunggu di lobi pejabat sehingga pukul 9.30 pagi.

“Penama tersebut kemudian telah diiringi oleh seorang pegawai ke bilik pejabatnya untuk mendapatkan pegawai penyiasat menemui penama tersebut. Pegawai yang mengiringi penama tersebut telah berada bersamanya dalam bilik pejabat pegawai berkenaan,” katanya lagi.

Kenyataan itu menambah, lebih kurang 10.15 pagi, pegawai yang mengiringi beliau telah meninggalkan penama tersebut di pejabatnya dan keluar sebentar pergi mendapatkan pegawai penyiasat.

“Dalam beberapa minit kemudian, pegawai tersebut telah kembali ke pejabatnya dan mendapati penama berkenaan tiada dalam bilik berkaitan,” tambah kenyataan tersebut.

“Setelah mencari dalam kawasan pejabat, seorang pegawai telah terlihat satu tubuh manusia terlantar di tingkat satu bangunan pejabat ini.

“SPRM telah pun memaklumkan kejadian ini kepada keluarga si mati dan pihak pengurusan jabatannya serta menyerahkan perkara ini kepada pihak polis untuk mengambil sebarang tindakan,” kata kenyataan itu lagi.

Ketua Polis Kuala Lumpur Datuk Zulkifli Abdullah mengesahkan kes itu sebagai kematian mengejut dan siasatan awal menunjukkan kecederaan di bahagian kepala.