'Bullied, teased' – Altantuya's son changed name after mother's death

Altantuya Shaariibuu's eldest son revealed that he was forced to change his birth name following controversies surrounding his mother's death.

In his testimony at the High Court in Shah Alam today, Bayarkhuu Bayarjargal, 21, said he was given the name Mungunshagai Bayarjargal but changed it about five years after the 2006 murder.

"I had to change my name due to the negative attention I suffered after the death of my mother.

"As a result of all the negative publicity, I was often teased and bullied in school and picked on," said Bayarkhuu, who was nine at the time.

"After years of enduring this, my grandfather and I discussed it and decided that it would be best for me to change my name," he added.

Bayarkhuu is the third plaintiff in the RM100 million civil suit filed against the Malaysian government, Altantuya's former lover Abdul Razak Baginda, and two others.

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