Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin says that the Indonesian police ‘know exactly’ where Jamal is hiding. — Picture by Zuraneeza Zulkifli

KUALA LUMPUR, June 26 ― Home Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said today that Indonesian police have agreed to help their Malaysian counterparts arrest fugitive Sungai Besar Umno chief Datuk Seri Jamal Md Yunos.

Muhyiddin added that the Indonesian police “know exactly” where Jamal is hiding.

“They have agreed to help us nab Jamal. In fact, they also know exactly where he is residing in Indonesia,” he told reporters during the Bukit Aman Hari Raya Puasa open house here.

Jamal claimed on June 22 that he would surrender to the police if he became Umno Youth chief in the party election the following day.

He did not win, nor did he surrender, but claimed to be in the country.

“No problem. I won’t run way. I’m steady. It’s because they want to set me up that I ran away,” he said in a video.

Jamal was charged with three offences while still in hospital last month, but absconded before his bail process was completed.

One charge was for causing a public nuisance by allegedly smashing beer bottles in front of the Selangor state secretariat building last year while two more were related to firearms and rioting.

Since then, he has communicated via video recordings taken in what appears to be deserted oil palm estates and other unknown locations.

While in hiding, his home was burgled on June 17 by four men pretending to be part of his protection detail and who made away with 20 designer bags from the Umno leader’s residence.

A police source said a security guard at the residence saw the men climbing over the gate but did not confront them after they claimed to be his aides on an errand to collect items from his home.

One of the men’s faces was covered. Aside from the designer bags, they also took a large suitcase, about 20 pairs of spectacles of various brands and three mobile phones.

They also took two closed-circuit television decoders after cutting the cables.

Selangor Criminal Investigations Department chief Senior Asst Comm Fadzil Ahmat confirmed the incident and said there no arrest has been made to date.