SHAH ALAM - The Malaysian Advancement Party (MAP) urged Immigration Director-General Datuk Seri Khairul Dzaimee Daud to make an official announcement regarding the whereabouts of missing Pakistani journalist Syed Fawad Ali Shah.
Its president, Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy, expressed Khairul's continuous silence on the ongoing issue as disappointing.
"There now appear to be two conflicting versions of stories in the public domain after they have been exposed in the media. What is even more disturbing is the deafening silence on your part.
"As a democratic country accountable to its citizens and its international human rights obligations, your continued silence appears to indicate there is something sinister," he said in a statement.
Commenting further, Waytha urged Khairul to make a public statement in the next 48 hours on the condition of the missing Pakistani journalist, who is believed to be in the custody of the immigration department at the moment.
"We trust your department has unlawfully or mistakenly arrested Fawad Ali. His wife is here in Malaysia now, frantically searching for her husband.
"We are writing to you, requesting that you publicly issue a statement on the true whereabouts of Syed Fawad. We believe that he is still in detention at your department, and we demand for him to be released immediately.
"We also demand you make a public statement in the next 48 hours, failing which we would seek your immediate removal from office.
The wife of missing Pakistani journalist Syeda is seeking clarification from the immigration department on the whereabouts of her husband Syed Fawad Ali Shah.
Fawad, an exiled Pakistani journalist in Malaysia, has been missing since Aug 23.
Yesterday, his wife urged Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and fellow Malaysians to help her find her husband.
Syeda also stressed that she will continue to fight to unravel the truth behind the disappearance of her husband, who has a United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) card.
Its president, Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy, expressed Khairul's continuous silence on the ongoing issue as disappointing.
"There now appear to be two conflicting versions of stories in the public domain after they have been exposed in the media. What is even more disturbing is the deafening silence on your part.
"As a democratic country accountable to its citizens and its international human rights obligations, your continued silence appears to indicate there is something sinister," he said in a statement.
Commenting further, Waytha urged Khairul to make a public statement in the next 48 hours on the condition of the missing Pakistani journalist, who is believed to be in the custody of the immigration department at the moment.
"We trust your department has unlawfully or mistakenly arrested Fawad Ali. His wife is here in Malaysia now, frantically searching for her husband.
"We are writing to you, requesting that you publicly issue a statement on the true whereabouts of Syed Fawad. We believe that he is still in detention at your department, and we demand for him to be released immediately.
"We also demand you make a public statement in the next 48 hours, failing which we would seek your immediate removal from office.
The wife of missing Pakistani journalist Syeda is seeking clarification from the immigration department on the whereabouts of her husband Syed Fawad Ali Shah.
Fawad, an exiled Pakistani journalist in Malaysia, has been missing since Aug 23.
Yesterday, his wife urged Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and fellow Malaysians to help her find her husband.
Syeda also stressed that she will continue to fight to unravel the truth behind the disappearance of her husband, who has a United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) card.