JOHOR BARU – Johor police are investigating a death threat sent to its chief, Datuk Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay, two weeks ago by three suspected members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) group.
Johor police have asked their counterparts in Selangor to track down the individuals, said to currently be in that state, said Ayob Khan.
He said police view any form of threat or intimidation against its officers as a serious matter.
“We received a call two weeks ago by a member of the public, informing us that the three men involved were said to be coming down to Johor from Selangor to kill me. We believe these people are locals because the call was made to a personal assistant in my office using Bahasa Malaysia, and we are investigating the case now.
"I am not sure what the issue is about because I left Bukit Aman a long time ago as the assistant director of the Anti-Terrorism Division of the Special Branch… I do not handle terrorism issues any longer, (so) I do not know why this issue has cropped up again.
"There are rumours that the LTTE wants to be removed from the list of terrorist groups... so, I am not sure; or maybe, there are certain parties who want to take the opportunity to play up the LTTE issue again," he said today.
Last Friday, Ayob Khan had, in an interview with a newspaper, revealed that he had received a death threat from members of the LTTE group.
In another development, he said the Johor contingent is the first police contingent to successfully complete the e-census, involving 12,267 senior police officers, personnel and civil servants from 10 departments in seven formations and 13 districts in the state.
He said the Johor contingent, in collaboration with the Johor Statistics Department, had opened an e-census clinic at the contingent headquarters’ multipurpose hall on August 27, September 27 and October 27. – Bernama, December 20, 2020
