Mongolian national Setev Shaariibuu is not concerned with former police commando Sirul Azhar Umar - the man convicted of killing his daughter Altantuya.
Instead, Setev wants to know who ordered his daughter to be killed.
"I don't want to talk about Sirul, or about the death penalty (he faces).
"The most important thing is who ordered for this murder... Not Sirul," Setev said at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur today.
Likewise, his lawyer Ramkarpal Singh also said that Sirul was not important to a possible re-opening of the Altantuya murder investigation, as there is evidence to be found here.
He also argued that it is likely that police already know who ordered the killing, and it would not take long for this matter to be brought to light.
Ramkarpal said jailed former police commando Azilah Hadri, however, may be useful to the case and is still in Malaysia as compared to Sirul, who is currently in an Australian immigration detention centre.
He also said key witnesses had not been called to testify in the case.
This is believed to be in reference to Sirul's former superior Musa Safri, the aide-de-camp of Najib Abdul Razak, who was deputy prime minister and defence minister at the time of the murder.
Altantuya was killed in October 2006 in Shah Alam. Sirul and Azilah were convicted for the murder.
However, the motive for the murder was not established in court.
Sirul had previously offered to reveal what transpired in the Altantuya murder in exchange for a full pardon.
Malaysia is currently unable to extradite Sirul as Australia has a policy against sending back convicts facing the death penalty.
Ramkarpal said Sirul could be extradited if the death sentence is abolished, or if Sirul's penalty is commuted to life imprisonment.
-Mkini
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