Thursday, February 19, 2015

MALAYSIAN PM DENIED CLAIMS, SIRUL ACTED UNDER ORDERS TO KILL ALTUNTUYA

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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