SHAH ALAM – The high court has set December 16 to decide on the RM100 million suit filed by the family of Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu in connection with her death in 2006.
The family’s lawyer, Sangeet Kaur Deo, when contacted said that Datuk Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera, who is now a Court of Appeal judge, will deliver the decision via online (Zoom) proceedings.
“The decision should have been delivered on October 19, however, the court postponed it. The new date (for the decision) is December 16,” she said.
Altantuya’s father Shaariibuu Setev, her mother Altantsetseg Sanjaa, and the deceased’s two sons, Mungunshagai Bayarjargal and Altanshagai Munkhtulga, filed the suit on June 4, 2007, claiming that the model’s death resulted in them suffering mental shock and psychological trauma, and sought compensation as well as exemplary and aggravated damages.
They named two former members of the Special Actions Unit – Azilah Hadri and Sirul Azhar Umar – political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda, and the Malaysian government as defendants.
However, Altanshagai’s name was later removed from the list of plaintiffs when he died in 2017.
A total of 26 witnesses for the plaintiff, including Altantuya’s father and eldest son, testified in the trial which began in 2019. The government presented three witnesses, while Razak chose not to testify. – Bernama, November 16, 2022
