Malaysia Crime Watch

11 Oct 2007
Kuala Lumpur

In response to the recent incident when kidnap-cum-murder victim Nurin Jazlin Jazimin’s post-mortem photographs were circulated online and through mobile phones, Nurin’s father Jazimin Abdul Jalil has lodged a police report at the Dang Wangi station and will take legal action against those responsible for the leak.

Police have not ruled out the possibility that policemen and hospital staff could have been involved in the leak. They have warned that they would not hesitate to invoke the Official Secrets Act (OSA) or Section 292 and Section 293 of the Penal Code against offenders.

Authorities have advised the public to refrain from spreading e-mail containing such pictures.

Police have released the 23-year-old Indonesian woman picked up at a night market in Nilai on 29 September 2007. After being detained for 12 days at the Petaling Jaya police headquarters, police have not found enough evidence to charge her, thus she was released and handed over to the Immigration Department for deportation.

Investigations revealed that there was no proof of SMS being sent from the woman’s SIM card to Nurin’s father and the police. When she was taken to the Petaling Jaya Sessions Court, she swallowed the card. Doctors at the University Malaya Medical Center managed to retrieve the card after eight days.

The Star Online – Nurin’s dad to sue over leaked images
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/10/11/nation/19139453&sec=nation>

New Straits Times – Police close in on source of pictures
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Thursday/National/2057620/Article/index_html>

New Straits Times – SIM card woman freed, to be deported
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Thursday/National/2057618/Article/index_html>

MCW – Nurin’s Murder Case: SIM Card and CCTV Image Details Out This Week
<URL:http://malaysiacrimewatch.lokety.com/nurins-murder-case-sim-card-and-cctv/>

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10 Oct 2007
Shah Alam

During yesterday’s session of the murder trial of Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu, deputy public prosecutor Noorin Badaruddin asked why chemist Primulapathi decided to analyze just one out of five bone specimens found at the crime scene.

Primulapathi explained that pathologist Dr Mohd Shah Mahmood from the Kuala Lumpur Hospital told him that he has determined that the bones belonged to one person. Thus, Primulapathi needed to analyze just the skull fragment only.

Primulapathi also suggested that Altantuya’s DNA profile was found on the inner jacket of the black leather jacket owned by accused Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar because Altantuya had either worn or handled it. The jacket could have been washed or cleaned before Altantuya had worn it as he could not find Azhar’s DNA profile on it.

40-year-old Shaari Desa was the next witness. He is the firearms and tool-marks unit chief from the criminalistic section of the forensics division at the Chemistry Department.

On 13 November 2007, Shaari said he received 69 envelopes and a parcel from investigating officer ASP Tonny Lunggan for analysis. He was asked to analyze a firearm, some explosives including live bullets and bullet casings, and two sets of soil, one from the a vehicle tyre and the other from the crime scene.

The judge has postponed the hearing to 22 October 2007 when Shaari will tender 70 exhibits in court.

New Straits Times – Altantuya murder trial: Court told why jacket owner’s DNA profile absent
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/National/2056522/Article/index_html>

MCW – Altantuya Murder Trial: Chemist Director Did Not Analyze All Bone Specimens
<URL:http://malaysiacrimewatch.lokety.com/altantuya-murder-trial-chemist-director/>

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9 Oct 2007
Shah Alam

J. Primulapathi was on the witness stand yesterday and was examined by the defence counsel over his analysis of the bone fragments found in the crime scene of the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder. The director of the forensics division at the Chemistry Department said that he received bone specimens labelled skull, spine, lumbar, pelvic and humerus but decided to analyze only the skull.

Primulapathi said that he did not examine the other four bone specimens because they were all collected from the same crime scene. This, however, prompted the defence counsel to suggest that the bones may have been collected from more than one location.

Primulapathi maintained that there was no way these bone fragments could be mixed up or contaminated.

The trial continues today.

New Straits Times – Altantuya murder trial: Chemist did not examine all bone specimens
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Tuesday/National/2055878/Article/index_html>

MCW – Altantuya Murder Trial: Blood DNA on Azhar’s Slippers Match Altantuya
<URL:http://malaysiacrimewatch.lokety.com/altantuya-murder-trial-blood-dna-on/>

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