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@ 02:24:31 PM 23-07-2011
July 23, 2011

Maziah displays a copy of her police report against Abdul Gani, in Petaling Jaya July 23, 2011. — Picture by Choo Choy May
Today, Sarbaini’s widow Maziah Manap also asked for a fresh investigation over a remark made by Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officer Abdul Ghani Ali about those responsible for her husband’s death on April 6.

An open window is seen at the MACC office on Jalan Cochrane. — file pic
He had defended his statement and told the coroner’s court that he meant Ahmad Sarbaini had went to see his officers, not him personally, on the day of his death.
Ahmad Sarbaini, the Selangor Customs assistant director, was found dead on April 6 after he was believed to have fallen from the pantry on the third floor of the MACC Kuala Lumpur office on Jalan Cochrane here and landed on a badminton court on the first floor.
The most recent outcome from the inquest was a forensic investigator’s conclusion that Ahmad Sarbaini did not jump to his death nor was he pushed from the KL anti-graft office.
“I am very confident that my husband did not commit suicide but there is foul play in his death based on RPK’s blog and Encik Ghani’s statement,” Maziah stated in her report today.
“RPK” are the initials of Raja Petra Kamarudin, the blogger who alleged on the Malaysia Today website that Ahmad Sarbaini accidentally fell to his death after being forced onto the ledge by a senior MACC investigator.
He further claimed that the MACC investigator convened a “conference” with his colleagues to “brainstorm and concoct the most plausible story” to protect their careers.

“I demand the police to investigate again my husband’s case because Raja Petra’s articles are parallel with (what was said in the coroner’s court),” she told reporters.
Mokhtar Mansor, 53, cousin-in-law to Ahmad Sarbaini, and a former senior deputy public prosecutor, told reporters that the family’s hopes were getting dimmer especially since the findings of the Teoh Beng Hock RCI were made public.
“RCI is much better because the officers will not be under the purview or under the influence of the Attorney General, hopefully we have that.
“At least for Teoh Beng Hock, to some extent, he was given that benefit,” he said.
When asked if the family would want to continue with the inquest, he said they “still believe in the government, believe in the system”, so they will go on with it.
Also present today was Ghazali Mohd Ramli, Maziah’s brother-in-law, who is also the family lawyer, Awtar Singh’s firm partner, as well as Ahmad Sarbaini’s siblings.
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