The father of slain Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu, Setev Shaariibuu, will be meeting Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad in Putrajaya tomorrow.
Setev's lawyer Ramkarpal Singh said the meeting will take place at 5 pm at the prime minister’s office.
Asked what he would speak to Mahathir about, Setev said he couldn't think of anything as yet as he was still stunned that a prime minister would receive him.
"I never thought that this chance would come that a prime minister will receive me, I can't think about it," he said at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur today.
In a written statement later, however, Setev expressed hope that Mahathir's government will do all it can to render justice to and end the suffering of the Shaariibuu family.
Ramkarpal said in the meeting with attorney-general Tommy Thomas later today, the issue of a royal commission of inquiry into the murder will be raised.
He said this would be an alternative to re-opening police investigations to find out who ordered the killing.
Altantuya, 28, was shot dead and her body blown up with military-grade plastic explosives outside of Kuala Lumpur in October 2006.
Former police commandos Azilah Hadri and Sirul Azhar Umar were convicted of her murder in 2009 and sentenced to hang. They were later released when an appeals court overturned the conviction in 2013 ruling that the High Court judge had erred.
The Federal Court, however, upheld their death sentences in 2015. Sirul fled Australia ahead of that ruling while Azhar is currently on death row. - Mkini
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