Friday, October 31, 2008

Razak Baginda acquitted

SHAH ALAM, Oct 31 (Bernama) -- The High Court today acquitted political analyst Abdul Razak Abdullah Baginda and called for the defence of Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri and Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar in the murder trial of Mongolian woman, Altantuya Shaariibuu.

If Judge Datuk Mohd Zaki Md Yasin ruled that the prosecution had failed to make out a prima facie case against Abdul Razak. He set Nov 10 for Azilah and Sirul Azhar, both members of the Special Action Squad (UTK), to make their defence.

Azilah, 32, and Sirul Azhar, 36, are charged with murdering Altantuya, then 28, at a location between lots 12843 and 16735 in the Mukim of Bukit Raja here between 10 pm on OCt 19 and 1 am on Oct 20 2006.

Abdul Razak, 48, executive director of the Malaysia Strategic Research Centre, had been charged with abetting in the murder in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur between 9.54 am on Oct 18 and 9.45 am on Oct 19 2006.

The charges carry the death penalty upon conviction.

Me: malas nak komen lah..

1 comment:

Imeirda said...

HERAN kan???? Who would have killed someone for NO reason. "The justice will prevail"... our pathetic Malaysian Jurisdictional system!!!!