Is Michael Soosai still in India - where he was last spotted - or has he moved up north to Nepal? As Malaysian police prepare to head to India, a second controversial website on the fugitive and alleged tainted cops has been posted on the Internet by a Nepal-based company.

The site, entitled ' The true story of a soul ', is part two of the Soosai saga introduced in an earlier site which had been set-up in India on June 6. It is a continuation of allegations relating to police corruption, misconduct and dealings with the wanted criminal.

The latest site was published online, by its Kathmandu-based IT developer View Nepal Pvt Ltd, on July 1.

Malaysian police investigating the case revealed to malaysiakini recently that the site's server was located in California, US. (A server is a hardware device that stores a website).

Contacted over the phone yesterday, the company's CEO and president MB Roka said he merely uploaded and registered the site, and was in no way responsible for its content.

Investigations move abroad

However, he later said via e-mail that he needed to consult his legal adviser whether he should reveal details of the client who hired him to set up the site.

On July 6, a man in India who claimed he was hired by two 'foreign' men to help design and set up a 'Bollywood movie' website (the first Soosai site) positively identified one of them as Soosai.

The affirmative match was made through a photo of Soosai which malaysiakini had e-mailed to the Indian national. Similarly a photo was also sent to Roka in Nepal yesterday to identify if his client was infact Soosai. The Nepali has not replied.

In a related development, a police team from Malaysia is due to travel to India to expand its investigations in locating Soosai who is wanted locally for at least 17 cases of bank fraud, intimidation and harassment.

Bernama yesterday quoted Inspector General of Police Mohd Bakri Omar as saying that the team will be sent upon receiving a report from Interpol in India on Soosai's whereabouts.

"The world is not that big. We will get him wherever he is hiding," the police chief said of Soosai who had faked his death (via a heart attack) in 2003.

The 42-year-old fugitive was believed to be alive after the killing of Malaysian N Subramaniam in India last December. Soosai is said to have disapproved of his daughter's relationship with Subramaniam's son.

Investigations also intensified after the Soosai website exposed alleged practices of conspiracy to protect the criminal by high-ranking police officers.

New site, new allegations

Meanwhile, the author of the latest Soosai website has called on Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to ensure a "transparent investigation is done as the (first Soosai) website has generated widespread attention worldwide" in relation to the police's role in the saga.

The new site also carried fresh allegations that Soosai's right-hand man - only known as Tan - had expensively bought his way through a police investigation on Soosai and himself. Allegations of sexual misconduct of police officers while on duty is also plastered on the site.

A prominent local bank was also mentioned in the site. Soosai was said to have gotten away with receiving siphoned money from the bank with the help of police officers.

The site's contact person Dr N Mahadevan - identified in India as Soosai - in his writings maintained that the fugitive was dead. He also announced that a 'part three website' of the saga is forthcoming.