MUHAMMED Yusoff Rawther has issued an ultimatum to the police, demanding an update on a report he lodged last year, in which he claimed to have been framed in a drug trafficking case.
He claimed it was allegedly orchestrated by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and his former political secretary Datuk Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak.
Through a letter sent by his lawyer, Yusoff has given Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain seven days to respond with details on the status of the investigation, warning that failure to do so will result in legal proceedings.
“We write to request an official response from the IGP and the Royal Malaysia Police on whether Anwar and Farhash have been called in for questioning. Please inform us of the current status and actions taken regarding this report,” Sinar Harian cited the letter stating.
The police report in question, filed at the Dang Wangi district police headquarters on 12 September 2024, refutes the charges Yusoff had faced—namely, cannabis trafficking and possession of imitation firearms. It also alleges that Yusoff was the victim of political persecution and entrapment.
Yusoff, 32, was detained for nine months and ten days in Sungai Buloh Prison before being acquitted and discharged without being called to enter a defence by the Kuala Lumpur High Court on Thursday.
In delivering the judgment, Justice Datuk Muhammad Jamil Hussin criticised the police’s failure to investigate Yusoff’s claims of entrapment, saying this oversight had “prejudiced the accused’s right to a fair trial.”
The allegations of entrapment were reportedly raised during two police interviews conducted on 8 and 10 September 2024.
In a separate statement, the Attorney General’s Chambers said it respected the court’s decision and maintained that the prosecution was carried out impartially and based on available evidence.
“The aim of any prosecution is to ensure justice is served in accordance with the law. The department acted within the bounds of prosecutorial discretion and legal process,” the AGC said, urging the public to refrain from making speculative or defamatory comments on the case.
“Justice must not be compromised by trial-by-media, public insinuation, status or perception,” the statement added.
The court’s ruling followed a high-profile trial in which Yusoff was accused of trafficking 305 grams of cannabis found in a vehicle outside the Kuala Lumpur police headquarters on 6 September 2023, and of possessing two imitation pistols near a condominium in Jalan Bukit Kiara the same morning.
The judge ruled that the prosecution had failed to establish a prima facie case on both counts. Yusoff, the grandson of renowned Penang consumer rights activist the late SM Mohamed Idris, was subsequently released. - June 13, 2025
