Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak today rubbished claims by
former police commando Sirul Azhar Omar that he was under orders to
commit the murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu.
Speaking to reporters after attending the Chinese New Year open
house at Wisma MCA today, Najib, who was linked to the Mongolian
model previously, refused to elaborate further.
"It's total rubbish, total rubbish," he said, shaking
his head.
On Tuesday, Sirul, who has been detained in Australia, had said he
was under orders to kill Altantuya, and that the "real"
murderers are still free.
"I was under orders. The important people with motive are
still free," he was reported to have told Malaysiakini in an
interview.
- Sirul was reported to have said that his superior officer, then deputy superintendent Musa Safri, should have been called to give evidence in the Altantuya murder trial.
- At the time of the murder, Musa was also the aide de camp of Najib, who was then the deputy prime minister.
- "He should have been put on the witness stand by the prosecution," Malaysiakini quoted Sirul as saying in an exclusive report yesterday.
The Court of Appeal in 2013 acquitted Sirul and Chief Inspector
Azilah Hadri, saying there was serious misdirection by trial judge
Datuk Mohd Zaki Yasin including by not calling Musa.
The three-man appellate court said the failure to put Musa on the
witness stand was important to the prosecution to unfold the
narrative of its case.
Source: The Malaysian Insider
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