PETALING JAYA, May 6 ― Two PKR MPs questioned today the police’s alleged failure to investigate the bullet threat against anti-crime activist R. Sri Sanjeevan last week, unlike their usually swift response to crimes involving Barisan Nasional (BN) lawmakers.
The lawmakers labelled the MyWatch chairman an invaluable asset to the fight against crime and said Malaysia cannot afford to lose such an activist.
“Today we see a youth who is the number one crimefighter in Malaysia among civilians … Malaysia can’t afford to lose someone who is fighting crime,” Bayan Baru MP Sim Tze Tzin told reporters here.
“I’d like to state my frustration against the police. It is as if incidents which involve the public and non-governmental activists are not taken seriously,” said Batu MP Chua Tian Chang.
Sanjeevan, who is the chairman of the Malaysian Crime Watch Task Force (MyWatch), said on Sunday his brother found the bullets in a white envelope at the mailbox of his family house in Taman Jaya, Bahau at about 10.45am.
Jempol district police chief Supt Hamzah Alias confirmed the report and said the case was being investigated for criminal intimidation.
It is believed that the threat was linked to Sanjeevan’s attempt to expose a Kuala Lumpur-based top police officer’s alleged relationship with a local drug syndicate.
Sanjeevan announced today that the policeman claimed to be a “Datuk” and has two more accomplices in Johor with the same “Datuk” titles.
On July 27, Sanjeevan was shot in the abdomen by a pillion rider on a motorcycle which drew alongside the silver BMW car he was driving at an intersection in Bahau, Negri Sembilan, a few days after he alleged corruption in the police top brass.
He barely survived the shooting, but the case is still unsolved until today.
