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KUALA LUMPUR: The family of Altantuya Shaariibuu, the Mongolian model assassinated in Shah Alam in 2006, has filed an appeal against the High Court’s rejection of their request to obtain the recorded statements of those who were investigated by the police in relation to the case, to be used in your civil claim.
Altantuya’s father, Shaariibuu Setev, his wife, and their two grandchildren filed the RM 100 million lawsuit against two former police officers, Azilah Hadri and Sirul Azhar Umar, political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda, and the Malaysian government on June 4, 2007.
Altantuya’s family attorney, Sangeet Kaur Deo, told Bernama that the appeal was filed on August 14.
“The appeal was resolved for case management before the Deputy Clerk of the Court of Appeals, Noridah Adam, on January 18 through an electronic review,” he said via Whatsapp when asked about the latest developments in the matter. .
On July 22, Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera, who is the trial judge in the civil case at the Shah Alam High Court, in dismissing the request, ruled that the statements had been taken confidentially and for the purpose of trial. penal.
The judge who has been elevated to the Court of Appeals also noted that disclosure could be highly detrimental to future investigations or pending investigations.
Meanwhile, Sangeet said, the trial is set for January 11-15 next year.
So far, 10 witnesses from Altantuya’s family have testified in the civil case that began in January 2019.
Shaariibuu and his wife Altantsetseg Sanjaa and their two grandchildren, Mungunshagai Bayarjargal and Altanshagai Munkhtulga, filed the claim for RM 100 million on June 4, 2007. However, Altanshagai Munkhtulga’s name was later withdrawn as a plaintiff when he died in 2017.
In their claim, the family alleged that Altantuya’s death had caused them mental shock and psychological trauma, which entitles them to be compensated with exemplary and aggravated damages.
Razak was charged with conspiring with Azilah and Sirul Azhar to assassinate Altantuya, 28, in 2006, but was acquitted of the charge in October 2008 without having to present his defense, while Azilah and Sirul Azhar were found guilty in 2009.
On August 23, 2013, the Court of Appeal accepted Azilah and Sirul Azhar’s appeal and acquitted them of the charge, but the Federal Court overturned their acquittal on January 13, 2015, following the prosecution’s appeal.
Sirul fled to Australia and is currently being held in an immigration detention center there and on December 5 last year, Azilah, who is on death row in Kajang Prison, submitted his request for a review to have his conviction and sentence of death and order for a new trial. .
