Hakim Khadijah menetapkan 19 Sept ini untuk mendengar hujahan lisan dan menyampaikan keputusan. Pada 11 Okt tahun lepas, Najib memberikan keterangan bahawa beliau tidak pernah mengarahkan bekas anggota Unit Tindakan Khas (UTK) Cif Inspektor Azilah Hadri dan Koperal Sirul Azhar Umar untuk membunuh Altantuya Shaariibuu pada 2006, kerana beliau tidak pernah bertemu dengan wanita Mongolia itu

# Bapa mendiang Altantuya mahu polis siasat afidavit tambahan Azilah KUALA LUMPUR - Keluarga mendiang Altantuya Shaariibuu memfailkan permohonan semakan kehakiman supaya polis menyiasat afidavit tambahan yang dibuat oleh seorang bekas pegawai polis yang terlibat dalam kes pembunuhan model Mongolia itu

KUALA LUMPUR -The father of the late Altantuya Shaariibuu submitted a judicial review application to the High Court on Monday (Aug 25) to compel authorities to investigate the affidavit of former Special Action Unit (UTK) member Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri, who was involved in the murder of the Mongolian model 19 years ago.Dr Shaariibuu Setev, as the applicant, named the Inspector General of Police, the director of the Criminal Investigation Department, the police, the Attorney General, and the Malaysian Government as the first to fifth respondents.Lawyer Sangeet Kaur Deo, who represented the family of the deceased, issued a media statement on Thursday (Aug 28) stating that the affidavit dated Sept 24, 2024, contained a Statutory Declaration dated Oct 17, 2019.According to him, in October 2024, Azilah had used the document to support his application in the Federal Court to commute his death sentence.The application was approved by the Federal Court panel presided over by the then Chief Justice, Judge Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat.He said the court later changed Azilah's death sentence to 40 years in prison, starting from the date of his arrest, minus the period he was released after the Court of Appeal's decision, as well as 12 lashes.According to Sangeet, Tengku Maimun, in her judgment, stated that the content of the additional affidavit and statutory declaration was never disputed or denied by the prosecution during the proceedings."At the same time, it allows the court to apply the principle of proportionality in sentencing," he said.Based on the affidavit, Setev said that the police did not inform the status of the latest investigation conducted by the Criminal Investigation Department, Bukit Aman, in 2019 regarding the content of Azilah's additional affidavit.If the investigation into the additional affidavit was still ongoing, he applied for a mandamus order to complete the inquiry within one month from the date of the court order.He also requested a mandamus order for the police to provide detailed information on the latest status of Bukit Aman's investigation into Azilah's affidavit within seven days."If the police decide to classify the investigation papers as no further action or NFA, the applicant wants the reason for the action to be taken," said the affidavit.The court set Sept 29 for Setev to obtain permission to commence a judicial review that would be heard before Judge Datuk Aliza Sulaiman.Azilah, who was convicted of murdering Altantuya, avoided hanging after the Federal Court here on October 10 last year replaced it with a 40-year prison sentence.A three-judge panel chaired by the Chief Justice, Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, unanimously approved the application for a review of Azilah's death sentence.The court ordered that he be punished from the date of his arrest on Nov 1, 2006 and be given 12 lashes.Previously, he requested that the death penalty be replaced with a prison sentence following the Mandatory Death Penalty Abolition Act 2023, which came into force on 4 July 2023.Under the new law, judges have the discretionary power to impose either the death penalty or imprisonment of between 30 and 40 years.If the death penalty was not imposed, male offenders under the age of 50 face a minimum of 12 lashes.Azilah was convicted in 2009 along with another former police officer, Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar, for the murder of Altantuya in Mukim Bukit Raja, Shah Alam, Selangor, between 10pm on Oct 19, 2006, and 1am the next morning.The Shah Alam High Court sentenced them to death, while political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda was acquitted of the charge of complicity in the murder.In 2013, Azilah and Sirul Azhar were acquitted by the Court of Appeal, but two years later, in 2015, the Federal Court set aside the decision by upholding their conviction and death sentence.Sirul Azhar was not present to hear the Federal Court's decision because he fled to Australia in 2006, where he was detained under Immigration laws before being released late last year.In 2020, the Federal Court rejected Azilah's application for a retrial and review of his conviction.The media reported that Azilah also requested a Royal pardon from the Sultan of Selangor.Altantuya, who allegedly served as a translator during negotiations for the sale of submarines by the French arms firm DNS to the Malaysian government, was murdered by two bodyguards of Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who was then Deputy Prime Minister, on 18 October 2006.

KUALA LUMPUR: The father of the late Altantuya Shaariibuu submitted a judicial review application to the High Court on Monday (Aug 25) to compel authorities to investigate the affidavit of former Special Action Unit (UTK) member Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri, who was involved in the murder of the Mongolian model 19 years ago

Bapa mendiang Altantuya memfailkan permohonan semakan kehakiman bagi memaksa pihak berkuasa menyiasat kandungan afidavit Azilah yang digunakan dalam permohonan menukar hukuman mati.

KUALA LUMPUR Bapa mendiang Altantuya Shaariibuu memfailkan permohonan semakan kehakiman di Mahkamah Tinggi di sini pada Isnin lalu, bagi memaksa pihak berkuasa menyiasat kandungan afidavit bekas anggota Unit Tindakan Khas (UTK), Cif Inspektor Azilah Hadri yang membunuh model Mongolia itu, 19 tahun lalu.Dr Shaariibuu Setev selaku pemohon, menamakan Ketua Polis Negara, Pengarah Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah, Polis Diraja Malaysia, Peguam Negara dan Kerajaan Malaysia sebagai responden pertama hingga kelima.Peguam, Sangeet Kaur Deo yang mewakili keluarga mendiang dalam kenyataan media pada Khamis berkata, afidavit bertarikh 24 September 2024 itu mengandungi Akuan Berkanun bertarikh 17 Oktober 2019.Menurutnya, pada Oktober 2024, Azilah telah menggunakan dokumen itu untuk menyokong permohonannya di Mahkamah Persekutuan bagi menukar hukuman mati ke atasnya.Permohonan itu dibenarkan panel Mahkamah Persekutuan yang dipengerusikan Ketua Hakim Negara ketika itu, Hakim Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat.Katanya, mahkamah kemudiannya menukar hukuman mati Azilah kepada penjara 40 tahun bermula dari tarikh tangkapan, ditolak tempoh beliau dibebaskan selepas keputusan Mahkamah Rayuan, serta 12 sebatan.Menurut Sangeet, Tengku Maimun dalam penghakimannya menyatakan kandungan afidavit tambahan dan akuan berkanun itu tidak pernah dipertikai atau disangkal pihak pendakwaan ketika prosiding berkenaan."Sekali gus membolehkan mahkamah menerapkan prinsip perkadaran dalam menjatuhkan hukuman," katanya.Berdasarkan afidavit, Setev memberitahu bahawa pihak polis tidak memaklumkan status siasatan terkini yang dijalankan Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah, Bukit Aman pada 2019 berhubung kandungan afidavit tambahan Azilah.Sekiranya siasatan terhadap afidavit tambahan masih berjalan, beliau memohon perintah mandamus agar siasatan dilengkapkan dalam tempoh sebulan dari tarikh perintah mahkamah.Beliau turut meminta perintah mandamus supaya polis memaklumkan secara terperinci mengenai status terkini siasatan Bukit Aman terhadap afidavit Azilah dalam tempoh tujuh hari."Jika polis memutuskan untuk mengklasifikasikan kertas siasatan sebagai tiada tindakan lanjut atau NFA, pemohon mahukan alasan tindakan itu diambil," kata afidavit.Mahkamah menetapkan 29 September depan untuk Setev untuk mendapat kebenaran memulakan semakan kehakiman yang akan didengar di hadapan Hakim, Datuk Aliza Sulaiman.Azilah yang membunuh Altantuya terlepas hukuman gantung selepas Mahkamah Persekutuan di sini pada 10 Oktober tahun lalu, menggantikannya kepada hukuman penjara selama 40 tahun.Panel tiga hakim dipengerusikan Ketua Hakim Negara, Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat sebulat suara membenarkan permohonan semakan hukuman mati Azilah, 49, untuk mengetepikan hukuman yang dikenakan terhadapnya.Mahkamah memerintahkan dia dihukum bermula tarikh tangkap 1 November 2006 dan dikenakan 12 sebatan.Sebelum ini, dia memohon hukuman mati itu diganti dengan hukuman penjara berikutan Akta Pemansuhan Hukuman Mati Mandatori 2023 yang berkuat kuasa pada 4 Julai 2023.Di bawah undang-undang baharu itu, hakim mempunyai kuasa budi bicara untuk mengenakan sama ada hukuman mati atau pemenjaraan antara 30 hingga 40 tahun.Jika hukuman mati tidak dikenakan, pesalah lelaki berusia di bawah 50 tahun berdepan sebatan minimum sebanyak 12 kali.Azilah telah disabitkan bersalah pada tahun 2009 bersama seorang lagi bekas anggota polis, Koperal Sirul Azhar Umar kerana membunuh Altantuya di Mukim Bukit Raja, Shah Alam, Selangor antara jam 10 malam 19 Oktober 2006 hingga 1 pagi keesokannya.Mahkamah Tinggi Shah Alam telah menjatuhi mereka hukuman mati sementara, penganalisis politik, Abdul Razak Baginda dibebaskan daripada pertuduhan bersubahat melakukan pembunuhan terbabit.Pada 2013, Azilah dan Sirul Azhar dibebaskan oleh Mahkamah Rayuan namun, dua tahun kemudian iaitu pada 2015, Mahkamah Persekutuan mengetepikan keputusan itu dengan mengekalkan sabitan serta hukuman mati terhadap mereka.Sirul Azhar tidak hadir untuk mendengar keputusan Mahkamah Persekutuan itu kerana melarikan diri ke Australia pada 2006 di mana dia ditahan di bawah undang-undang Imigresen sebelum dibebaskan pada akhir tahun lepas.Pada 2020, Mahkamah Persekutuan menolak permohonan Azilah untuk dibicarakan semula dan semakan sabitan terhadapnya.Media melaporkan bahawa Azilah turut memohon pengampunan Diraja daripada Sultan Selangor.Altantuya yang dilaporkan berperanan sebagai penterjemah proses rundingan penjualan kapal selam oleh sebuah syarikat pembekal senjata dari Perancis, DNS kepada kerajaan Malaysia, dibunuh dua pengawal peribadi Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak yang ketika itu Timbalan Perdana Menteri, pada 18 Oktober 2006

Peguam Sangeet Kaur Deo berkata permohonan itu difailkan di Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur pada Selasa.

Setev fail semakan kehakiman, desak pihak berkuasa siasat atau lengkapkan siasatan atas akuan bersumpah bekas komando UTK itu.

JD Kuldeep Kumar salah seorang peguam bela Azilah Hadri - turut angkat sumpah sebagai JC.