INVESTIGATION INTO SOSILAWATI`S MURDER NOT RACIALLY MOTIVATED - IGP

BANTING (Selangor, Malaysia), Sept 16 (Bernama) -- Inspector-General of Police
(IGP) Ismail Omar said the investigation into the murder of cosmetics queen
Sosilawati Lawiya and three others was not racially motivated.

"This case is like any other criminal case as there are the criminals and the
victims," he said at a dialogue with local community leaders at the Kuala Langat
district police headquarters, here, today in conjunction with his visit to
Selangor as the new IGP.

Ismail also said that investigations into cases which had racial elements like
the arson on churches in Selangor and surau in Johor state were carried out
based on the law.

However, he said, the public should understand that the process of
prosecution came under the jurisdiction of the Attorney-General and not the police.

Ismail said this after one of the community leaders present questioned why cases
involving the throwing of paint and liquor bottles at surau were not brought to
court unlike cases involving the torching of churches.
-- BERNAMA