Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz today told the Dewan Rakyat that the Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan and Attorney-General Tan Sri Gani Patail were cleared of any wrongdoing in the 'black eye' incident after a two month investigation. He was responding to a question from DAP's Gobind Singh Deo on why no action had been taken by the authorities after Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim lodged the report against the duo with the police and the then Anti Corruption Agency.
Last July, the Opposition Leader lodged a report against Ghani and Musa for alleged abuse of power in 1998 in the case where Anwar was beaten while in police custody.
Nazri said the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission had appointed a panel of three independent members to investigate the complaint as it was a high profile and sensitive case.
The three members are former judges Datuk Abdul Kadir Sulaiman, Datuk Mohd Nor Abdullah and Datuk Wira Mohd Noor Ahmad.
“They have thoroughly investigated the case and found the AG and the IGP did not commit any criminal offence,” said Nazri.
He added that the trio did not discuss their findings with each other.
“The investigation commenced on July 2, last year and was completed two months later. We took some time to announce as we had to ensure that it would not be doubted by any party,” Nazri told the House.
The de facto law minister also revealed that one panel member believed that there was a case against the AG while all three agreed to clear the IGP.
In an immediate reaction, Anwar said he was disgusted with the findings.
“It is typical of how they manage the system,” he told reporters, adding: “I think it is very unfortunate in this case where there is strong evidence.”
Anwar said that he had submitted evidence to all members of the investigation panel.
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