SHAH ALAM, 13 April 2009: Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar who was sentenced to hang for the murder of Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu filed his appeal today against conviction and sentence. The appeal was filed at the High Court registry by his counsel, Ahmad Zaidi Zainal. On 9 April, the High Court sentenced Sirul Azhar and Chief […]
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9 April D-day in Altantuya murder case (Updated)
(Updated 7.11pm) SHAH ALAM, 17 Feb 2009: The fate of two Special Action Force (UTK) police officers accused of murdering Mongolian woman Altantuya Shaariibuu will be known on 9 April. Shah Alam High Court judge Datuk Mohd Zaki Md Yasin set the date after hearing submissions from all the parties at the end of the […]
Azilah not hired killer, says lawyer (Updated)
(Updated 9:21pm, 16 Feb 2009) SHAH ALAM, 16 Feb 2009: Lawyer Datuk Hazman Ahmad representing Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri in the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder trial today stressed that the first accused was not a hired killer or gangster involved in secret societies. Hazman said Azilah was a police officer who just helped out on the […]
Sirul claims he is a sacrificial lamb (Updated)
(Updated 6:09pm; 4 Feb 2009) SHAH ALAM, 4 Feb 2009: The second accused in the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder trial told the High Court here that he was like “a black sheep that has to be sacrificed” to protect the plans and intentions of those who are not in court to face charges. “I have no […]
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 […]
No intention of killing Altantuya, says Azilah
SHAH ALAM, 16 Jan 2009: Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri, accused of murdering Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu, told the High Court here today that he had no intention of killing her. He also had no intention of eliminating the woman when he and co-accused, Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar, went to her room at Malaya Hotel, he said […]
“Chinese woman was with Sirul”
SHAH ALAM, 15 Jan 2009: Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri told the High Court here today that “the Chinese woman” was with Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar on the day Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu was murdered. Making his defence under oath, Azilah who is the first accused in the murder trial, referred to the victim as “the Chinese […]
DSP Musa told me to help Razak: Azilah
SHAH ALAM, 15 Jan 2009: Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri told the High Court here that higher-ranking police officer DSP Musa Safri had asked him to help political analyst Abdul Razak Abdullah Baginda. Musa gave him Razak’s handphone number and told him to contact Razak to get details of the problem and the assistance he required, […]
