Justo case: Thai deputy IGP for talks in KL

(Bernama) – Thailand’s deputy police chief will meet his counterpart in Kuala Lumpur next week regarding the Xavier Justo case, said deputy home minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar (pic).

“I was informed by the Inspector-General, Khalid Abu Bakar, that Thailand’s deputy IGP will come to Malaysia to meet his counterpart to discuss permission to interrogate Justo, who is being held in that country,” said Wan Junaidi.

Wan Junaidi said Malaysian authorities cannot get involved in Justo’s case until they got permission from the Thai authorities to do so.

“We must look at this case in terms of jurisdiction. Even though this case involves a company in Malaysia (1MDB), Justo was arrested and alleged to have committed crimes in Thailand.|

However, if Thailand needed any kind of help from Malaysia, the police and the ministry were ready to co-operate at any time.

Junaidi said he believed that Thailand would not allow Justo to be brought to Malaysia until his case is finished in Thailand.

Thai police arrested Justo, a Swiss national, on June 24. He was alleged to have attempted to blackmail PetroSaudi International, one of the companies involved with 1Malaysia Development Berhad.

Malaysian authorities have linked Justo to a leak of e-mails and documents later published by Sarawak Report.