Reports on Adib’s death, Pulau Batu Puteh, and Thomas’ memoir out in August

Reports on Adib’s death, Pulau Batu Puteh, and Thomas’ memoir out in August

Law minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar says more time is needed to translate some reports that were prepared in English.

Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar says the delay in preparing some of the reports was due to the difficulty in getting witnesses and procuring relevant documents.
PUTRAJAYA:
The full reports on the death of late firefighter Adib Mohd Kassim, the Pulau Batu Puteh case and the probe on claims made by former attorney-general Tommy Thomas in his memoir, will be ready in August, says law minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar.

He said that these reports will be released by the respective task force assigned to carry out the probe into each case.

“We have given them (task forces) six months to work on these three cases since they were established in late December and they have reported their findings to the Cabinet after three months of research,” he said during a press conference in Putrajaya when queried on the latest developments about Adib’s case.

“However, they have asked for more time to fine-tune their reports.”

He said that they also requested for more time in order to translate some of the reports that were prepared in English.

Wan Junaidi added that the law ministry will work together with the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) to have experts in the various fields translate these reports to ensure there are no errors in the translations.

He also attributed the delay in preparing some of the reports to the difficulty the task forces faced in getting witnesses and procuring relevant documents.

“We used local and overseas experts (to assist us) as well. For example, for the investigation into the Pulau Batu Puteh case, we got experts from the Netherlands and England (to help us).

“We should be able to get the reports done by August,” he added.

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