Accused Questions Police Motives In Court
By Rol Ezam & Ignatius Stephen

Bandar Seri Begawan - Is someone in the police trying to "fix" Richard Chia Kok Hiong, the 53-year-old car salesman now charged with the brutal murder of a family of three in Bandar Seri Begawan suburb two years ago?

Richard in his statement in court raised this question that how could the police know that there was blood in his wife's car, Nissan Sunny BN 8908, even before the police entered the car to do a search.

"How could the police know that there was blood in BN 8908 on December 20, 2004 when they said they never entered the car?

"The police said they never entered the car before and that they did so only the day after when the experts examined BN 8908?" Richard asked Chief Justice Dato Mohd Saied and Mr Justice Dato Steven Chong.

Richard is accused of killing his neighbour's family and drove his wife's Nissan Sunny on the night of December 15 or early December 16 2004 to the scene of crime.

Found with horrendous wounds were Maul bin Jambu, 44, his schoolteacher wife Seriidvati binte Untong,37, and their adopted daughter Neena Asmira, aged 2 at a government bungalow in Kampong Serusop. The little girl was smothered with a pillow.

And how come the police knew it was Maul's blood even before the experts examined it, Richard further asked in his statement to the court. The police had planted the traces of blood in the car intentionally, Richard charged in court.

Otherwise they knew that they had contaminated the inside of BN 8908 but chose not to disclose this possible contamination. "The police advance knowledge of the presence of `blood' in BN 8908 and the knowledge that it was Maul's even before getting the expert report makes this a very real possibility," Richard said in court.

Or was the dry particles indeed `blood' or has it been changed to stains before being sent to Singapore? Richard asked.

"I am not even sure that the `dry particles' taken by Dr Telesinghe were in fact `stains' examined in Singapore or has been switched to stains before being sent to Singapore," he questioned

The police also did not wear any protective clothing when they examined his wife's car. So perhaps the police unintentionally contaminated BN 8908, he told the court.  -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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