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JOHOR BAHRU: Johor police are investigating a death threat sent to their boss Datuk Ayob Khan Mydin PItchay two weeks ago by who they believe were three members of the Tamil Eelam Liberation Tigers (LTTE) group.
Johor police have asked their counterparts in Selangor to track down the people, who are said to be currently in that state, Ayob Khan said.
He said the police view any form of threat or intimidation against their officers as a serious matter.
“We received a call two weeks ago from a member of the public, informing me that the three men involved were said to be coming to Johor from Selangor to kill me. We believe these people are local because the call was made to a personal assistant in my office using Bahasa Malay, and we are investigating the case now.
“I’m not sure what the problem is about because I left Bukit Aman a long time ago as deputy director of the Anti-Terrorism Division of the Special Branch … I no longer deal with terrorism problems, (so) I do not know why this problem has reappeared.
“There are rumors that the LTTE wants to be removed from the list of terrorist groups … so I’m not sure or maybe there are certain parties that want to take the opportunity to bring up the LTTE issue again,” he said when asked by the journalists. today about the death threat.
Last Friday, Ayob Khan in an interview with a local newspaper revealed that he received a death threat from members of the LTTE group.
In another development, he said that the Johor contingent is the first police contingent to successfully complete the 100 percent electronic census, which involves 12,267 high-ranking police officers, staff and public officials from 10 departments in seven formations and 13 districts. in the state.
He said that the Johor contingent, in collaboration with the Johor Statistics Department, opened an electronic census clinic in the multipurpose room of the contingent headquarters on August 27, September 27 and October 27. -Called
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