KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has ordered investigations into the 2015 Wang Kelian tragedy to be revisited to determine if Malaysian enforcement officers were in cahoots with human trafficking syndicates, or had tried to cover up the case. They included the glaring discrepancies over what had actually transpired, the diverging timelines and contradicting statements from witnesses and those directly involved. “There will be no closing of the ‘Wang Kelian file’”. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi says the authorities had applied, through official channels, for Mutual Legal Assistance from the Thai authorities, to extradite 10 people who were allegedly directly involved in the Wang Kelian case. Zahid told the team that the authorities had applied, through official channels, for Mutual Legal Assistance from the Thai authorities, to extradite 10 people who were allegedly directly involved in the Wang Kelian case.

Source: New Strait Times December 19, 2017 23:15 UTC