Opposition MPs today called for an investigation to be carried out on the whereabouts of Manuel Amalilio's wealth, and his connections to politicians and officials in Malaysia.

He is wanted by Manila for cheating over 15,000 people of RM895 million.

tian chua kampung railway residents protest 3 Amalilio, also known as Mohamad Kamal Suffian Said, was recently sentenced in Sabah to two years' jail for having a fake passport. 

PKR MP for Batu Tian Chua ( right ), together with opposition MPs including Wilfred Bumburing, Lajim Ukin and Sivarasa Rasiah, demanded that Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak commit to hand over Amalilio to Philippine authorities.

They said Malaysia must respect position of the Philippines that Amalilio has a validly issued Filipino passport.

Malaysia however must reserve the right to deal with issue of his Malaysian citizenship, bearing in mind he had a Filipino passport.

They also wanted the attorney-general to immediately take all measures to enable the Philippine courts to proceed with the prosecution against Amalilio.

  "Over the past two weeks, several senior officials including the attorney-general and the foreign minister have signalled Malaysia's readiness to cooperate with the Philippines," said Tian Chua.

"However until today, the Malaysian government has not expressed a firm commitment to hand over Amalilio to the Philippine authorities.

"The attorney-general as well has not indicated the steps he will pursue to facilitate this process." 

He added that the Malaysian government's delay in delivering Amalilio to the Philippines to stand trial, was prolonging the agony and suffering of the Filipino victims, who are mostly Muslim from the Southern Philippines.

"The MPs urge the PM to act swiftly in order to preserve the good relations with our Asean neighbour," he added.

'Revoke Amalilio's citizenship instead'

Sivarasa recommended that the Malaysian government revoke the citizenship of Amalilio instead of slapping him with the “very strange charge” of possessing a falsified passport.

“Malaysia has a right under Article 24 of the constitution to deal with the matter of his citizenship. The correct thing to do is to revoke it,” he said.

He contended that it is not the purview of our attorney-general or anyone else to allege that Amalilio’s Philippine passport is fake.

Tian Chua argued that the final authority in the matter is the Philippine government who had issued the passport and had vouched to its authenticity.

NONE The charge, Sivarasa added, was being used a a thin pretext by the Malaysian government to keep the well-connected Amalilio, who is the nephew of the Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman, safely in Malaysia.

Amalilio is currently facing a serious charge for financial fraud in the neighbouring country, an offence that is without bail.

He was in the process of being extradited for trial in the Philippines when the move was allegedly blocked by local political interests.

Sivarasa labelled the act as tantamount to “harbouring a criminal”.

The Subang MP reasoned that while Malaysia does not have the authority to declare Amalilio’s Philippine passport fake, the government does have the right and obligation to execute Article 24 of the federal constitution which specifies that any Malaysian citizen who exercises a privilege or right that is accorded by a foreign power exclusively to its citizens, shall cease to be a Malaysian.

Such acts include voting in foreign election and using a foreign travel document, which he posited that Amalilio Philippine passport clearly is, as it was attested valid by the host government itself.

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