Musa was last seen leaving on a flight from Kota Kinabalu to Kuala Lumpur on May 14. — Bernama pic

PENAMPANG, May 31 — Police here said they will not pursue Tan Sri Musa Aman to London, UK where he is believed to be, based on a video circulating online, explaining that his alleged offence “was not so serious” that they must find him immediately.

Sabah commissioner of police Datuk Ramli Din said that they were aware of the recording seemingly of the former Sabah chief minister, but reiterated that there was no need to expend police resources to seek him out.

“No, we will just wait here. We’ve asked him to come here to record his statement, that’s all,” he said when asked by reporters at the state Kaamatan festival here today.

When asked if the police would then seek assistance from Interpol to locate Musa, he again replied in the negative.

Ramli also said he has tried to contact Musa through various channels and got through once.

“We asked him to come back to get his statement recorded. He said he will come back,” said Ramli, who declined to say if he knew where Musa was currently.

Ramli said that no warrant of arrest has been issued for Musa, whom he said left the state on May 14.

Last night, a video purportedly taken in London was posted on Facebook by the user who made the recording.

The video appeared to show a man resembling Musa travelling with young children and leaving the St Pancras International railway station in London.

Musa is wanted by police over a report filed by Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Juhar Mahiruddin alleging criminal intimidation by the former CM.

He is also being sought by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) over allegations of bribery linked to the defection of two state lawmakers that briefly gave Musa the numbers needed to be sworn in as CM.

Musa was last seen leaving on a flight from here to Kuala Lumpur on May 14 to attend a meeting with acting Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

Since then, his statements to the media have been solely through his lawyer Zahir Shah.

Musa was sworn in as chief minister by Juhar on May 10 after gaining a razor thin majority in the May 9 polls. He lost the majority support after several Barisan Nasional assembly defected to the alliance led by Parti Warisan Sabah, and was asked to step down by the governor.

He refused, but two days later Juhar swore in Warisan president Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal as chief minister.

Musa has since filed a lawsuit seeking for the courts to declare Shafie’s appointment to be unconstitutional. He is due to appear in court on June 19.