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Dr Osman said, “There was a lot of pressure on me.” And because of that pressure he went on leave and left the country, explained the doctor.
NO HOLDS BARRED
Raja Petra Kamarudin
CID chief: Police didn’t put pressure on Pusrawi doctor
The Star, 5 September 2008
Police did not pressure Dr Mohamed Osman Abdul Hamid when they recorded his statement regarding the alleged sodomy case involving Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and his former aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan.
“We wish to reiterate that at no time was the doctor put under pressure when we recorded his statement in the early stage of the investigations. The doctor was given due respect and was not at any time called to the police station. Instead we recorded his statement in his office with professionalism and courtesy,” said federal CID director Comm Datuk Bakri Zinin.
He was referring to the media statement made by Dr Mohamed Osman at the Bar Council on Thursday that he was depressed and shaken after being questioned by police on three occasions.
Comm Bakri said that the police were not at liberty at this stage to comment on the statutory declaration made by Dr Mohamed Osman on Aug 1 as he could be a witness in Anwar's upcoming trial. “He will be given the opportunity to clarify on matters pertaining to his medical examination on the victim if he is called to give evidence,” he added.
Syed Hamid: He should report to police
Sin Chew, 5 September 2008
Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said, if the Statutory Declaration (SD) of Dr Mohamed Osman Abdul Hamid, the Burmese doctor who examined Mohd Saiful, had been altered by the police, he should report to the police instead of openly discussing this matter over the media.
Syed Hamid said the sodomy case had been brought before the court and no one should openly discuss this matter again. He told Sin Chew Daily Thursday that before the sodomy case against PKR advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was even tried in the court, Dr Mohamed Osman had suddenly appeared and directed all the accusations at the police, showing that he was trying to launch an "open trial" of this case over the media.
"This is a serious accusation (that the police have altered his SD). He should report to the police, and prove his statement in the court in his capacity as a witness, and not make any judgement or launch any discussion over the media."
On whether he would instruct the police to conduct investigations on the charges that the SD had been altered, he said the case had now entered the court phase, and if no police reports had been made, he felt it unnecessary for the police to conduct any investigation.
On whether the police would provide Dr Mohamed Osman physical protection, Syed Hamid said since he had already appeared in the public, the issue of his safety was no longer existent. **************************************************
On Thursday, almost around the same time that Dr Mohamed Osman Abdul Hamid gave his press conference at the Bar Council office, my statement was being ‘recorded’ in Bukit Aman. That’s another way of saying I was being interrogated so that the police could get me to admit my ‘crime’, with which they can then charge me.
What the police wanted from me was an admission that I am instrumental in whatever happens as far as Malaysia Today is concerned. And they specifically wanted to talk about the article that said Dr Osman had been ‘detained’ for three days and was being ‘pressured’ to fabricate evidence against Anwar Ibrahim.
DSP Lee clarified that he may be a product of a Chinese school education, but over the years he had brushed up on his English and now has an acceptable command of the English language. What he was trying to impress upon me is that he understands the words ‘detain’ and ‘pressure’ and that no such thing ever happened.
Dr Osman said, “There was a lot of pressure on me.” And because of that pressure he went on leave and left the country, explained the doctor.
With due respect to all Chinese-educated Malaysians, many who are readers of Malaysia Today, I think DSP Lee is confusing the word ‘detain’ with ‘arrest’ and ‘pressure’ with being beaten with a rubber hose. As part of my community service in helping Chinese-educated police officers gain a better command of the Queen’s English, maybe I can elaborate the many meanings of the words ‘detain’ and ‘pressure’. And maybe Bakri Zinin and Syed Hamid can also learn a thing or two from today’s English lesson.
DETAIN: arrest, check, confine, delay, hinder, hold, impede, imprison, inhibit, keep, mire, restrain, retard, stop
IMPEDE: block, check, clog, curb, delay, deter, disrupt, hamper, harass, hinder, interfere, obstruct, retard, slow, stop, stymie, thwart
INHIBIT: avert, bar, check, cramp, curb, deter, discourage, forbid, hinder, impede, prevent, prohibit, repress, restrain, restrict, stop, suppress
HINDER: arrest, baffle, bar, block, burden, check, choke, clog, cramp, crimp, curb, dam, debar, delay, deprive, detain, deter, embarrass, encumber, filibuster, foil, foreclose, forefend, forestall, frustrate, hamper, hamstring, handcuff, handicap, harass, impede, inhibit, interfere, limit, obstruct, prevent, prohibit, restrain, restrict, retard, slow, stall, stifle, stonewall, stop, straightjacket, straitjacket, stymie, thwart, tie down, trammel
RESTRAIN: bit, brake, bridle, check, constrain, curb, hold, hold back, hold down, hold in, inhibit, keep, keep back, pull in, rein
PRESSURE: strain, stress, tension, anxiety, burden, compression, constraint, difficulty, duress, force, heat, impression, mass, oppression, power, pull, push, squeeze, stress, tension, urge, weight
FORCE: coercion, compulsion, constraint, duress, strength, violence, coerce, compel, constrain, make, obligate, oblige, induce, inveigle, persuade, seduce, impulse, influence, insist, strong-arm
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