INDIA must first assure Putrajaya that controversial Muslim preacher Zakir Naik will receive just treatment before the government decides whether to send him back, said Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
“Before we accept an extradition request (from India), we need to know what will happen to the person who is to be extradited.
“We have a prisoner (Sirul Azhar Umar) who fled to Australia. We asked Australia to send him back, but Australia said he would be hanged if sent back. So, Australia has disagreed to do so until now.
“So, we are also entitled to determine if the person we send back would be given fair justice as well,” he said in Malacca today.
Former policeman Sirul, alongside Azilah Hadri, had been convicted of the murder of Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu in Malaysia but Sirul had fled to Australia during his appeal process.
He fled the country after the Court of Appeal acquitted him. He was also away when the Federal Court overturned the decision and upheld his and Azilah’s conviction and death sentence.
He is now being held at an immigration detention centre in Melbourne.
Malaysia’s request for him to be sent back has been rejected by Australia as the country does not back capital punishment. It said it would only sent Sirul back if Malaysia could assure that he would not face the death penalty.
Local media in India had reported that the country’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) is set to secure an arrest warrant against Zakir and others in an ongoing trial heard by a special court in Mumbai under its Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002.
According to reports, the Mumbai court would decide whether a non-bailable warrant of arrest should be issued against Zakir at its next hearing on June 19.
The ED will then request an Interpol red notice against the Indian-born preacher, as well as extradition from Malaysia after obtaining a non-bailable warrant from the court.
Zakir has rejected all allegations against him and currently has permanent resident status in Malaysia. – June 10, 2019.
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