Malaysia Crime Watch

21 February 2008
Shah Alam

Before proceedings began for 90th day of the murder trial of Altantuya Shaariibuu, accused political analyst Abdul Razak Abdullah Baginda had an unusual and surprising outburst after his father Datuk Abdullah Malim Baginda whispered to him while he was in the dock at 9:30am.

Razak’s face changed as he walked back to the holding cell, then he turned and shouted at his father, “Shall I shout it out?”. His father indicated to him no, and then Razak kept shouting “I’m innocent! I’m innocent!” as he was led into the cell.

Celcom main network operations general manager Nik Kamarudin Nik Ka continued his testimony for the day. The 43-year-old said that although co-accused Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri’s mobile call transactions overlapped one another and were unordered, they are the same. The calls were made on 21 October 2006 between 12:28am and 1:34am, but Azilah did not answer the calls. The transactions did show that Azilah was at the murder scene and had contacted the other two accused just before the murder.

After the proceedings were adjourned for lunch, Razak kicked the dock gate, stormed out, and went into tears after his father whispered to him again. Razak was heard saying, “Oh no, oh no”.

Razak’s mother, Datin Rohana Abdullah, then walked to the lock-up to calm Razak. Razak’s counsel Wong Kian Kheong, who had left the court room earlier, returned to Razak at the lock-up but refused to explain Razak’s unexpected behaviour.

The hearing continues on Monday.

The Star Online – Abdul Razak kicks and hits door at murder trial
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/2/21/courts/20398249&sec=courts>

New Straits Times – Altantuya Murder Trial: Razak Baginda stuns court with outburst
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Thursday/National/20080221081043/Article/index_html>

MCW – Altantuya Murder Trial: Missing Data Retraced, Differences Negligible
<URL:http://malaysiacrimewatch.lokety.com/altantuya-murder-trial-missing-data/>

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21 February 2008
Kuala Lumpur

The 26-year-old mother of Chia Siow Eng was arrested by the police after the latter was left in a car for at least an hour on Tuesday at 9:30pm. The 4-year-old girl died after her mother returned to the car from a hypermarket in Kepong.

The mother claimed that she found the car was broken into and her wallet missing. She said Chia was unconscious and naked and proceeded to fetch her to the Selayang Hospital.

The examining doctor found bruises on her chest, ear, hip and forehead, thus police remanded the mother on suspicion of foul play when she lodged a report at the Sentul police headquarters. Police also arrested a close relative when they went to Chia’s house in Taman Fadasan, Jinjang.

It is believed that the suspect had two boyfriends, one who was the father of the girl while the other the father of a 2-month-old baby with her.

Police have classified the case as murder and were investigating it under Section 302 of the Penal Code.

The Star Online – Mum of dead child held, foul play suspected
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/2/21/nation/20396872&sec=nation>

New Straits Times – Woman held over death of five-year-old girl
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Thursday/National/20080221075930/Article/index_html>

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20 February 2008
Shah Alam

Based on his 15 years of working experience in Celcom, 64th prosecution witness Nik Kamarudin Nik Ka said that despite several differences such as time and location area codes in call transactions extracted by his colleagues, he could confirm that accused Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri was indeed in the stated locations including the area where Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu was murdered.

The 43-year-old general manager was in High Court yesterday, giving his testimony on two documents, one containing call details and the other billing data. where were extracted from Celcom systems and entered as evidence. He said that the most significant difference was 5 minutes and 23 seconds found in Azilah’s call transactions, but he said that they are accurate and have not been manipulated.

Nik Kamarudin said for all records which were said to be missing were retraced through other switch stations. He did admit that the data extracted by Celcom information technology analyst Syed Mustaqim SyedYusoff was incomplete.

The trial continues today.

The Star Online – Missing data retraced, says telco GM
<URL:http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/2/20/courts/20384831&sec=courts>

MCW – Altantuya Murder Trial: General Manager Clears Confusion
<URL:http://malaysiacrimewatch.lokety.com/altantuya-murder-trial-general-manager/>

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