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KUALA LUMPUR: Investigation paper on Plantation and Commodity Industries Minister Datuk Dr. Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali on his breach of the mandatory 14-day quarantine when he returned from Turkey recently will be passed to the Attorney General (AG) on Thursday ( September 10), says the nation’s top cop.
“The statement of the last witness was already registered on Tuesday (September 8). Perhaps by tomorrow, the investigation papers will be passed so that they review all the evidence and statements, and for the decision on the next step.
“We called more than 10 people for their statements,” Police Inspector General Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador said after overseeing several handover ceremonies at the Royal Malaysian Police school here on Wednesday (September 9).
Khairuddin’s violation of the mandatory 14-day quarantine came to light when it was raised in Dewan Rakyat on August 18 by Seputeh MP Teresa Kok.
He had returned from what he described as a “semi-worker” to that country, which included members of his family, on July 7.
After the problem came to light, the Health Ministry said that it had slapped Khairuddin with a fine of 1,000 ringgit for violating the Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control Act of 1998 (Law 342) on 7 August.
Khairuddin said he would give up his salary from May to August as an act of remorse for violating the 14-day quarantine rule.
In a statement, where he apologized to all Malaysians, he said he would donate the money to the national Covid-19 fund of the Ministry of Health.
Yet many Malaysians continue to insist that he should resign, noting that members of the public convicted of the same offense were imprisoned and subjected to higher fines.
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