The trail of fugitive Michael Soosai - a Malaysian wanted for over 17 crimes locally - may soon come to an end as the police have located him and are currently applying for his extradition to bring him back from India.

Deputy Inspector General of Police Musa Hassan told reporters in Penang today that the Attorney-General's Chambers have been asked to assist the police in requesting the Indian government's cooperation in extraditing Soosai.

According to Bernama , the police task-force sent to India last week have located the whereabouts of the 41-year-old fugitive with the cooperation of Indian police.

Previously, malaysiakini was told that Soosai had been spotted in Patna, India sometime in June.

He faces charges in relation to intimidation, harassment and fraud when he allegedly forged a cheque of over RM1 million in 2001. He subsequently faked his death in 2003.

The fugitive was believed to be alive when a Malaysian lorry driver N Subramaniam was killed in India in December last year. The deceased is connected to Soosai via their children's marriage which the fugitive had disapproved of.

Corrupt cops website gone

Six months after the incident, a website appeared carrying details of Soosai's alleged criminal activities and his involvement in corrupt practices with Malaysian police.

The website, the first of two , was removed by its host upon police request two days ago. The site had named officers - including high ranking ones - who protected Soosai and received bribes from him.

When contacted, DSP Victor Sanjos of the computer crimes division from the Commercial Crime Investigation Department, who is leading the investigations into the site's registration, told malaysiakini that he had successfully contacted the Indian-based site registrant and requested its removal.

On Monday the second Soosai website had been removed as well, following a similar request from the Malaysian police.

Meanwhile, Bernama also quoted Musa as saying that the management of police officers would now focus on a strategy to eradicate corruption and abuse of power in the agency.

"We want people to trust the police. We don't deny that there are black sheep in the police force and if we can identify them, we'll get rid of them," he said.

Part of the strategy is to also educate the public on the need to not offer bribes to the men in blue.