Malaysia’s most controversial blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin had his statements recorded by Sentul police today over a statutory declaration he made regarding the murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu.

Police began recording Raja Petra’s statement at 5.15pm and he emerged to meet the press almost two-and-a-half hours later.

raja petra police 020508 Raja Petra said that during the questioning, he learnt that he was being investigated based on a police report lodged against him by the Attorney-General’s Chambers on June 20.

“The AG’s Chambers made a police report against me under Section 203 of the Penal Code for making a false declaration,” he said.

According to Raja Petra, the investigating officer appeared to be more interested in whether he had given permission to Malaysiakini and a blog site to publish the June 18 statutory declaration.

“I asked if the investigation is about the permission to publish the documents... they didn’t reply,” he said.

On June 18, Raja Petra affirmed a sworn statement that a reliable source had informed that three individuals, including Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s wife Rosmah Mansor, were at the crime scene where Altantuya was murdered.

Informer will surface

Other than Rosmah, Raja Petra’a two-page statutory declaration filed at the Kuala Lumpur High Court on June 18 had also mentioned other prominent individuals such as Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and his son-in-law Khairy Jamaluddin.

Khairy and Rosmah already had their statements recorded by the police regarding Raja Petra’s allegations.

Thus far, both Najib and Rosmah have denied Raja Petra’s claims but both have chosen not to sue to the popular blogger.

According to Najib, Raja Petra’s assertion of his wife’s involvement were “total lies, fabrication and total garbage”.

Raja Petra said that the investigating officer had tried to get him to divulge who the source was.

“I told them, for the safety of my informer, I cannot reveal it,” he said.

He said that he also told the investigating officer that he was ready to be charged in court and that his informer would surface during the trial.