Shah Alam parliamentarian Khalid Samad today called on the police to provide information on their investigations into the death of Customs officer Ahmad Sarbani Mohamed if they want to refute suspicions of a "cover-up".

"It seems like the police are trying to cover up the case, but the rakyat are not satisfied with their explanations, especially statements claiming that Sarbani was not murdered and that it was 'sudden death'.

orange book forum klscah 250111 khalid samad "This does not answer the many questions arising from his death, like why he had voluntarily gone to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission office, only to leap off from the third floor to kill himself when a fall from that height does not even guarantee death?" Khalid ( left ) asked.

Speaking to reporters, Khalid said that disclosure on the matter was important, especially now, with Ahmad Sarbani's wife claiming that an MACC officer had implied that his staff member was involved.

In a police report lodged on May 2, Sarbani's wife Masiah@Maziah Manap said an MACC officer, who only identified himself as Ghani, had said this to her when she expressed to him how she felt about her husband's death.

She said she had met Ghani when collecting her late husband's personal effects at the Subang Customs office on April 28, accompanied by two of her children.

In her report, Masiah said Ghani was accompanied by MACC officer Jariyana Yusof, and had introduced himself as the investigating officer in the case involving Sarbani.

"After expressing how I felt (to the two MACC officers)... I asked (Ghani), ‘How would you feel if you were in my position'?"

"To my surprise, he responded softly, saying ‘ Bukan saya... orang saya' (It was not me... but one of my men)," she said.

A phone call that came later

Masiah added that when she asked what he meant, Ghani kept silent and Jariyana said they had to leave as they had work to do.

The next day, she said, her son, who had not accompanied her to the Subang Customs office, received a phone call from Ghani asking for her phone number, but her son refused to give it as he did not know the man.

"I am lodging this report as I suspect Ghani had a slip of tongue, which can potentially reveal the person responsible for my husband's death," Masiah said.

Sarbani, 56, was found dead on the first floor of the MACC Kuala Lumpur headquarters on April 6, after having voluntarily gone to the office to speak to an officer about a matter in which he was being investigated.

He was an assistant director of the Customs Department in Selangor, and was among 62 people detained on April 1 in a nationwide anti-graft operation involving the department.

Police have said that the Attorney-General's Chambers has returned their investigation papers into Sarbani's death, asking for further investigations.