PUTRAJAYA - Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said Monday that the police will investigate the allegation that certain ministers were involved in the shadowy paramilitary movement called Federal Special Forces of Malaysia (FSFM), an illegal offshoot of the Emergency Action Force of Malaysia (EAFM), which is a registered body.

The deputy prime minister said that the police would investigate all information they could obtain whether through letters
from individuals or reports from the various parties.

He said that the police would investigate all possibilities.
"That's what the police subscribe in their investigations," he told reporters after flagging off an expedition here.

However, Abdullah said, he was certain that none of the Cabinet ministers were involved in the FSFM as alleged by staff marshal Munsyi
Muslim Yacob, who heads the EAFM, a corporate body registered in the Prime Minister's Department under the Trustees Incorporated
Act 1952 to provide rescue service during emergencies.

Last Saturday, Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said that Munsyi must substantiate his allegation and if there is no proof, the
government will take legal action against him.

Abdullah, who is also Home Minister, said: "I'm
certain none of the ministers are involved like joining it as members. But there's a
possibility some of them may have been approached by them."

The police busted the activities of the FSFM when they raided its headquarters in Pantai Dalam, a Kuala Lumpur surburb, on July 24.

When detained, the FSFM leader, Nor Azami Ahmad Ghazali, 35, was in uniform, that of lieutenant-general. The police were reported to have seized two pistols, and a large stock of choppers and paramilitary uniforms.

Abdullah refuted accusations that the police had been slow in acting on police reports lodged pertaining to the activities of
the FSFM.

"They noticed this activity in June, now it is August. That (police action) is very fast.

"...It's not something that the police waited for months or years (before taking action). Our police force are always cautious over such
actions," he said.

Responding to a query, Abdullah said that the ministry has no plans to conduct a review on existing organisations to check whether
they had deviated from their original objective.

"We'll know if they've gone astray," he said.

Abdullah said that the police would carry out their investigations into the activities of the FSFM until they had gathered sufficient
evidence.

"But stating that investigations have been completed does not mean that the police will not conduct further investigations if
new evidence were to crop up pertaining to the organisation," he said.

Asked on the alleged involvement of FSFM members in extortion cases, Abdullah said that he would not want to speculate on the matter.

The month-long expedition programme, organised by the Information Department, is an event to celebrate the country's 46th
National Day.

It is held in three stages-- Aug 4-19 in the peninsula, Aug 9-23 in Sabah and Aug 17-30 in Sarawak.
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