Ramli said that no arrest warrant has been issued for Musa so far. — Malay Mail pic

KOTA KINABALU, May 24 — Sabah police are seeking former chief minister Tan Sri Musa Aman to provide his statement on allegations of criminal intimidation against the Head of State Yang Di-Pertua Negeri Tun Juhar Mahiruddin.

Sabah police commissioner Datuk Ramli Din said that they believe Musa was not in the state capital and possibly no longer in the country.

“We are trying to locate him now to get his statement as soon as possible. We have already got the statements of nine other witnesses and we need his statement to be able to complete investigations,” he said.

Ramli said that no arrest warrant has been issued for Musa so far. Police are investigating the case under Section 506 of the Penal Code for criminal intimidation.

However, he expressed confidence over his force’s ability to locate Musa.

“Once we get his statement, there’re a few other things to do and then we can send the results of our findings to the deputy public prosecutor,” he said.

Juhar lodged the report on May 14 alleging intimidation by Musa, believed to be in connection with the latter’s swearing in on May 10.

Ramli declined to name the nine witnesses whose statements have been taken, but said they were directly involved in the case.

“We also took the TYT’s statement on the day he lodged the report itself,” he said.

In the 14th general election, Musa’s Barisan Nasional and current chief minister Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal’s Parti Warisan Sabah pact tied with 29 seats each.

Musa formed the majority first after merging support from Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku (Star) who has two seats and asked to be sworn in immediately.

After several unsuccessful attempts by Musa to be sworn in, Juhar had set the ceremony for 8.30pm but it was delayed to about 11.15pm on May 10.

However, two days and six defections later, Shafie secured the majority and was sworn in as a Chief Minister.

Musa has since filed for an injunction against Juhar and Shafie to declare that Musa is the rightful chief minister and Shafie’s swearing in was unconstitutional.