KUALA LUMPUR - A DAP MP today expressed suspicion over Putrajaya’s claim that the Attorney-General did not appeal against political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda’s acquittal for abetting the murder of Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibbu in 2008 due to lack of evidence.
Taiping MP Nga Kor Ming also criticised de facto law minister Nancy Shukri’s reply communicating this two days ago, and questioned how the AG could have charged Abdul Razak to begin with if the evidence was so inadequate.
“I find that the official answer by the minister is extraordinary, self-contradictory and warrants further explanation,” Nga, also a practising lawyer asked in a press conference.
On Monday, Nancy replied to Nga’s question asking for the “real” reason for the AGC’s decision to drop the case against Abdul Razak.
“After an in-depth study, the AGC was of the opinion that there was no strong evidence to prove Abdul Razak’s involvement in the murder,” Nancy said in a written reply to Nga.
Abdul Razak Baginda, a former aide to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, was charged with abetting Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri and Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar, the two accused of murdering Shaariibbu in the 2006 murder.
He was acquitted on October 31, 2008, after the Shah Alam High Court ruled that the prosecution had failed to establish a prima facie case against him.
Sirul and Azilah were charged with the murder of 28-year-old Shaariibbu in 2006 and convicted in 2009.
They were freed after the appellate court acquitted them in 2013, but the Federal Court reversed the acquittal last month and sent them back to hang, marking the end to the eight-year saga.
Sirul was a no-show during the Federal Court hearing and was later revealed that he is in Australia. - Malay Mail
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