SUNGAI PETANI, 1 Apr 2009: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim didn’t say the “A” word, but it didn’t stop his own party leaders from mentioning Altantuya Shaariibuu at a ceramah here last night. PKR supreme council member and Padang Serai Member of Parliament (MP) N Gobalakrishnan told the more than 1,000-strong […]
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Blog launches petition against Najib
By Cindy ThamPETALING JAYA, 25 March 2009: The People’s Parliament has launched an online petition for Malaysians who want to indicate that they do not have confidence in Datuk Seri Najib Razak as the next prime minister. The petition is a way for constituents to direct their Members of Parliament (MPs) to demand for a Royal Commission […]
Sirul fails to get access to statement
SHAH ALAM, 22 Jan 2009: The High Court today denied Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar’s request for access to DSP Musa Safri’s witness statement. Justice Datuk Zaki Md Yasin said that when statements under Section 112 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) were excluded from the documents to be delivered before the trial’s commencement, the same […]
Sirul’s lawyer says defence team is blind-sided
SHAH ALAM, 21 Jan 2009: The lawyer representing Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar, the second accused in the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder trial, told the judge today that the defence team is blind-sided. In his application for access to DSP Musa Safri’s cautioned statement recorded under Section 112 of the Criminal Procedure Code, counsel Kamarul Hisham Kamaruddin […]
‘I didn’t have any motive to kill’: Azilah
SHAH ALAM, 20 Jan 2009: Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri who is on trial for the murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu, told the High Court here today that he did not have any motive to kill the Mongolian. He said he did not know the woman and would never have committed such a stupid act especially since […]
Azilah denies shooting, blowing up Altantuya
SHAH ALAM, 19 Jan 2009: Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri today denied the prosecutor’s suggestion that he was in Puncak Alam to shoot and blow up Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu on the night of 19 Oct 2006. On the third day of his defence, he maintained that on the night Altantuya was murdered, he was with his […]
Azilah, Sirul to produce defence tomorrow
KUALA LUMPUR, 14 Jan 2009: Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri and Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar who have been accused of murdering Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu, will produce their defence at the Shah Alam High Court tomorrow. Lawyer Datuk Hazman Ahmad who acted for Azilah will begin the defence case and he confirmed to Bernama that he has […]
Prosecution not appealing Razak’s acquittal
KUALA LUMPUR, 14 Nov 2008: The prosecution in the Altantuya Shaariibuu case confirmed today that it will not appeal the decision made by the Shah Alam High Court to acquit political analyst Abdul Razak Abdullah Baginda of abetment in her murder. Deputy public prosecutor Tun Abdul Majid Tun Hamzah, who is leading the prosecution, said […]
Abdul Razak no show at press conference
By Elizabeth LooiKUALA LUMPUR, 6 Nov 2008: Political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda, who was acquitted recently in abetting the murder of a Mongolian woman, failed to show up in a pre-arranged press conference in a hotel here this morning. Hordes of reporters waited at the hotel’s lobby since 9am, only to be told later that the press […]
Abdul Razak can be rearrested if prosecution appeals
PUTRAJAYA, 3 Nov 2008: Political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda faces the possibility of being re-arrested and remanded pending the outcome should the prosecution appeal to the Court of Appeal against his acquittal. Lawyer Karpal Singh said the prosecution could make such application under Section 56A of the Courts of Judicature Act 1964 to prevent Abdul […]
