Why revisit Private Adam’s case, it’s settled, says IGP

Why revisit Private Adam’s case, it’s settled, says IGP

Fuzi Harun tells media to talk to former IGP Hanif Omar for answers pertaining to the rumours which were spread following the 1987 incident.

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Inspector-General of Police Fuzi Harun says he does not have sufficient facts to comment on the case of Private Adam.
PARIT:
Inspector-General of Police Mohamad Fuzi Harun said there is no reason to revisit the case of Private Adam, the soldier who ran amok in Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur, in 1987, as the case has been settled.

He said the incident happened more than three decades ago and the case had long been disposed of.

“I don’t have sufficient facts to comment on it and the case has also been settled.

“I think the time is not suitable to revisit such a case, it creates a lot speculation,” he said after joining the “Fit Masjid Fun Ride” programme at Sultan Yusuf Izzudin Shah Mosque in Seri Iskandar today.

He said this when asked to comment on a reported statement by Adam’s family calling for the authorities to investigate the person responsible for spreading rumours on the case. Fuzi said the best person to comment on the case was former IGP Hanif Omar as it happened during his time.

The amok incident involving Adam happened in October 1987 during which a man was killed by a stray bullet.

Adam, then 26, was spared the death sentence due to his unstable mental condition and sent to Tanjung Rambutan Hospital for 10 years.

The case was revisited recently after Johor crown prince Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim made mention of the incident involving Private Adam, saying that it had marred the name of the Johor royal family.

Earlier, Adam’s sister, Hawa Jaafar, 53, apologised to the Johor royal family for any link that may have been made in the case when what had actually caused her brother to run amok on that day was his own problems with his work.

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