RIYAZ Group Founder Remains a Fugitive as Second Pre-trial Motion Rejected

DENPASAR, Bali (BPN) – Founder of Riyaz Hotel Group Mohammed Shaheen Shah Bin Mohd Sidek also known as Datuk Seri Mohd Shaheen, 48, remains fugitive after the Denpasar District Court rejected his pretrial motion to set aside the warrant of arrest issued against him.

Judge I Wayan Eka Mariarta announced the decision on 4 April 2023, after five days of trial from 27 March 2023 to 31 March 2023.

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The judge said that decision was taken based on the Supreme Court Circular Letter (SEMA) 1 of 2018, the Judge shall reject a pretrial motion of a person who is on the police’s wanted list (DPO).

In this case, Datuk Seri Mohd Shaheen has been on the Bali Police’s wanted list since 22 November 2022.

This is the second time Shaheen challenged the Bali Police on his status on the wanted list. His first attempt was on 2 March 2023 when Shaheen’s legal counsels filed the case in the Administrative Courts and the case was dismissed by the Courts, citing his case as unfounded and baseless.

The attorney of Bali Police Law Division, AKBP Imam Ismail, accompanied by AKBP I Ketut Soma Adnyana, said that they respect the decision of the judge.

With this decision, AKBP Imam stated that the Bali Police would continue their investigations to establish the whereabouts of the fugitive, Shaheen.

The Indonesian National Police Headquarters has also issued a Worldwide International Red Notice (Interpol Red Notice) to arrest Shaheen for fraud and embezzlement of company funds.

AKBP Imam stated that the investigation will continue until the suspect, turn himself in and fully comply with the laws in Indonesia.

The Bali Police strongly believes that the fugitive, Datuk Seri Mohd Shaheen is currently abroad.

“Our advice for a person on the police’s wanted list is to turn himself in. He will be arrested sooner or later,” AKBP Imam said.

Shaheen’s attorneys Ricky Rahmad Aulia and Yoga Prawira S were reluctant to comment on the whereabouts of their client.

As previously reported, the concern of this pretrial is whether it’s legal or not to name Shaheen as a suspect and to be on the wanted list for this case.

Investigations for this case have been carried out since October 2022 according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).

From the investigations, based on documents and oral testimonies from witnesses, the Bali Police believed that an offense has been committed. The Bali Police had then named Datuk Seri Mohd Shaheen as wanted and on the police’s wanted list (DPO) on Tuesday 22 November 2022.

There are two Persons named on the DPO, Mohammed Shaheen Shah Bin Mohd Sidek alias Datuk Seri Mohd Shaheen, and also the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Kieran Chris Healey, 56, from England.

The Bali Police have suggested that Shaheen and Kieran come to Bali to take responsibility for their actions by turning themselves in.

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