Police open investigation paper on attempt to topple government, says IGP

Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said the police would recall Petaling Jaya Utara Member of Parliament, Tony Pua to record his statement following his admission, as reported by The New Straits Times (NST) newspaper today.

"But we do not investigate based on the newspaper report, just what he (Pua) had said. We have to recall him and record his statement.

"He (Pua) had admitted that there were some things he did not mention. Since he has now remembered, we will recall him to record a statement," he told a press conference after a ceremony involving the presentation of the Pingat Jasa Pahlawan Negara today. A total of 136 recipients who served during the Emergency period received the medals to mark the 77th birthday anniversary of Penang Yang Dipertua Negeri, Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas at Dewan Sri Pinang here.

The NST today frontpaged a report in which Pua admitted to introducing Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown, the individual who launched a campaign to smear Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, to the senior management of The Edge Media Group.

Pua made the admission following the emergence of proof in Justo's case, but at the same time insisted he had nothing to do with the leaked information or any transactions.

On another note, Khalid said he would send his officers to record a statement from former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad for uttering defamatory remarks at the Bersih 4 rally in Dataran Merdeka recently.