A lawyer for Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri says the type of explosives used in the murder of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu is not in the stock of federal police headquarters Bukit Aman.
Submitting on one of the grounds in Azilah's appeal against conviction for the murder of Altantuya, lawyer Hazman Ahmad said questions therefore arose as to how Azilah had allegedly procured the C4 explosives.
“Azilah's log record from Bukit Aman shows that he was only issued with a Glock pistol and magazines. Hence, there is a question as to how this type of explosive was allegedly used.
“My client did not have possession and control of the C4 explosives used as it was never issued by Bukit Aman,” Hazman told the Court of Appeal today.
Altantuya was allegedly shot and then blown-up with C4 explosives in a jungle clearing in Shah Alam between 10pm on Oct 19 and 1am on Oct 20, 2006.
Submitting on one of the grounds in Azilah's appeal against conviction for the murder of Altantuya, lawyer Hazman Ahmad said questions therefore arose as to how Azilah had allegedly procured the C4 explosives.
“Azilah's log record from Bukit Aman shows that he was only issued with a Glock pistol and magazines. Hence, there is a question as to how this type of explosive was allegedly used.
“My client did not have possession and control of the C4 explosives used as it was never issued by Bukit Aman,” Hazman told the Court of Appeal today.Altantuya was allegedly shot and then blown-up with C4 explosives in a jungle clearing in Shah Alam between 10pm on Oct 19 and 1am on Oct 20, 2006.
Another defence lawyer, J Kuldeep Kumar, argued that the High Court did not take into consideration the notice of alibi issued by Azilah that he was in Bukit Aman, and later at Wangsa Maju, on the night of the incident.
Kuldeep further argued that Azilah's phone records could have been manipulated and altered by Celcom to frame his client.
“There are witnesses from Celcom who acknowledged that what they supplied during the trial (in the High Court in Shah Alam) was not the master list, but a compilation of it.
Kuldeep further argued that Azilah's phone records could have been manipulated and altered by Celcom to frame his client.
“There are witnesses from Celcom who acknowledged that what they supplied during the trial (in the High Court in Shah Alam) was not the master list, but a compilation of it.
“Hence, there is a chance of the list being altered and manipulated,” Kuldeep said, adding that the trial judge had failed to recognise this.
Azilah and Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar, who are members of the elite Special Action Unit of the police force, are appealing against their death penalty for the murder of Altantuya.
'Resourceful media personnel'
Hazman also submitted before the three-member bench over suggestions made by police witnesses, who claimed that Azilah had directed them to the crime scene sometime in November 2006, and suggested that his client had probably been fixed for this purpose.
The lawyer said there had been inconsistent statements from the police witnesses over the matter, as one had asked another to be on standby to be brought to the scene at 11am, but another claimed that the same officer was alerted at 3pm, and later at 5pm, when the police decided to go there.
"When the police left from the Kuala Lumpur police headquarters and arrived at the scene in Puncak Alam, there were already media reporters at the scene.
"Hence, questions remain as to who had tipped off the media, whereas the testimonies of the police witnesses say that Azilah had directed them to the scene," he said.
To this, Justice Md Apandi Ali - who is leading the three-member bench - replied that the media personnel are resourceful.
"Sometimes they are more efficient than the police as they are very investigative," remarked the judge.
Besides Justice Apandi, the other members on the panel were Justices Linton Albert and Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat.
Hazman also pointed out that there was another discrepancy in the testimonies from police witnesses, as one told the court that Azilah had showed them the scene where Altantuya was blown-up and then showed where the Mongolian had been shot.
He said another witness described it the other way around, whereby his client had first showed the place where Altantuya was shot and then showed the place where the lady was blown up.
"This showed the inconsistency and the possibility of putting the blame on my client with this," Hazman said.
Justice Apandi then interjected and asked: "This happened at the same crime scene, right?", to which Hazman replied yes.
The hearing continues tomorrow with the prosecution's reply.
Azilah and Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar, who are members of the elite Special Action Unit of the police force, are appealing against their death penalty for the murder of Altantuya.
'Resourceful media personnel'
Hazman also submitted before the three-member bench over suggestions made by police witnesses, who claimed that Azilah had directed them to the crime scene sometime in November 2006, and suggested that his client had probably been fixed for this purpose.
The lawyer said there had been inconsistent statements from the police witnesses over the matter, as one had asked another to be on standby to be brought to the scene at 11am, but another claimed that the same officer was alerted at 3pm, and later at 5pm, when the police decided to go there.
"When the police left from the Kuala Lumpur police headquarters and arrived at the scene in Puncak Alam, there were already media reporters at the scene.
"Hence, questions remain as to who had tipped off the media, whereas the testimonies of the police witnesses say that Azilah had directed them to the scene," he said.
To this, Justice Md Apandi Ali - who is leading the three-member bench - replied that the media personnel are resourceful.
"Sometimes they are more efficient than the police as they are very investigative," remarked the judge.
Besides Justice Apandi, the other members on the panel were Justices Linton Albert and Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat.
Hazman also pointed out that there was another discrepancy in the testimonies from police witnesses, as one told the court that Azilah had showed them the scene where Altantuya was blown-up and then showed where the Mongolian had been shot.
He said another witness described it the other way around, whereby his client had first showed the place where Altantuya was shot and then showed the place where the lady was blown up.
"This showed the inconsistency and the possibility of putting the blame on my client with this," Hazman said.
Justice Apandi then interjected and asked: "This happened at the same crime scene, right?", to which Hazman replied yes.
The hearing continues tomorrow with the prosecution's reply.
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