Malaysia Crime Watch

29 November 2007
Shah Alam

Head of Bukit Aman’s Crime Scene Investigation Superintendent Amidon Anan took to the witness stand yesterday, stating that he had identified the two suspects from still images of the closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage at Hotel Malaya on 18 October 2006 between 4:50pm and 5pm. Murder victim and Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu had stayed in that hotel at that time.

56-year-old Amidon went to Hotel Malaya with investigating officer ASP Tonny Lunggan on 29 May 2007 to view the hotel’s CCTV archives. Using 8 still images captured from the footage and comparing them with confirmed images, Amidon was able to identify that they were images of Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri and Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar.

Amidon also described to the court on the three occasions when he and his team of officers went to the crime scene together with staff from the police ballistic and bomb division, Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) pathology forensic team and the police canine division.

On 6 November 2006, Amidon’s team went there with Azilah and Azhar but it was 8pm and not much investigation work could be done.

The team then went to the crime scene on 9 November 2006 for two days when Amidon headed the investigations. The ballistics team headed by DSP Muhammad Koey Abdullah was ordered to retrieve the remnants of the explosives used in the case. Koey managed to point out the location where Altantuya was placed before she was blown up and marked a 150 feet radius for search purpose.

Four teams headed each by CSI personnel were formed to search, document and collect any biological remains. The teams found tissues, hair, bone fragments, a portion of Altantuya’s vertebrae, a portion of the skull and two teeth. The items were photographed, placed in plastic bags and handed over to Lunggan.

Amidon said several items were sent to the Chemist Department and the forensic pathology unit of HKL for inspection.

The trial continues on Monday.

New Straits Times – Altantuya murder trial: Accused were at Hotel Malaya
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Thursday/National/2096496/Article/index_html>

MCW – Altantuya Murder Trial: TV3 Newscaster Dined with Azilah
<URL:http://malaysiacrimewatch.lokety.com/altantuya-murder-trial-tv3-newscaster/>

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28 November 2007
Shah Alam

The TV3 newscaster who was identified previously as having his mobile phone number appearing on accused Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri’s mobile phone and several calls between them on 18 October 2006 appeared in High Court yesterday for the murder trial of Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu.

26-year-old newscaster and broadcast journalist Mohd Izwan Azir Mohad Salleh said he went to the Bukit Aman officers’ mess for a karaoke session on 18 October 2006. He claimed that Azilah and himself have been friends since 2005. They had dined at the Seri Melayu restaurant along Jalan Conlay.

Izwan said he went home after an hour at the karaoke session and had not met Azilah since. He told the court that he sent one short message to Azilah the next day and that he had his mobile phone with him during October last year.

New Straits Times – Altantuya murder trial: Newscaster and accused were friends
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/National/2095628/Article/index_html>

MCW – Altantuya Murder Trial: Razak’s Number Registered under TV3 Newscaster
<URL:http://malaysiacrimewatch.lokety.com/altantuya-murder-trial-razaks-number/>

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28 November 2007
Penang

A 13-year-old boy was allegedly sodomized by four fellow inmates of a reform school in Paya Terubong on Sunday at 8:30pm.

The older boys, aged 16 and 17, held the victim down and stuff his mouth with a towel while they took turns to sodomize him. After the victim had reported the incident to the warden on Monday, the four were remanded for a week pending police questioning.

It is learnt that one of the suspects had criminal records for rape, trespass and drugs while the other three had minor offences.

The Star Online – Four held for sodomising boy
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/11/28/nation/19592471&sec=nation>

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