Former premier Najib Abdul Razak perfomed a “sumpah laknat” denying he had ordered the killing of Altantuya Shaariibuu.
A sumpah laknat is an oath, beseeching God to curse those who are in the wrong.
The oath was taken after Najib performed his Friday prayers at the Masjid Jamek Kampung Baru in Kuala Lumpur this afternoon.
"Wallahu, Wabillahi, Watallahi.
"Alhamdulillah, since the time of entering the age of taklif (having responsibilities) up to this point, I have never ordered any individual to kill a Mongolian national named Altantuya Shaariibuu.
“I have not known or met the deceased. If I am lying, then may Allah SWT curse me.
“And if I am speaking the truth, may Allah curse those who have slandered me and refuse to repent here and in the hereafter,” he said.
The ceremony began with Islamic scholar Ahmad Husam Baderudin giving a short speech to explaining the seriousness of the oath and that this was explained to Najib.
"What Najib is doing today meets religious requirements. He undertook this decision because he understands what the oath entails.
"I hope our ceremony today is performed in the Islamic way and there will be no one who treats this oath with contempt," said Husam.
Najib, dressed in white baju Melayu and black trousers, then took his oath.
Earlier, Najib made a short speech to describe sumpah laknat he undertook during the Ijok by-election campaign in 2007 and again during the Permatang Pauh by-election campaign in 2008.
He said this time, however, the significance of the oath was even more important than the previous two.
"I understand the implication of this oath. I know what it means. However, I stand with the truth and fear only God.
"Therefore, I willingly decided to recite the oath of mubahalah," he said.
Najib's sumpah laknat was in response to former police special action force (UTK) officer Azilah Hadri accusing the former premier of ordering Altantuya's murder in 2006.
In his statutory declaration (SD) from death row in the Kajang prison, Azilah alleged Najib convinced him that Altantuya was a foreign spy who posed a threat to national security.
The former chief inspector's SD was filed together with his application seeking a retrial and judicial review of the Federal Court's decision to reinstate his and another former UTK personnel Sirul Azhar Umar's conviction and death sentence in 2015.
Sirul had fled to Australia when the Court of Appeal acquitted the pair in 2013 and is currently in an immigration detention centre in Sydney.
[More to follow] - Mkini
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