Malaysia Crime Watch

15 February 2008
Shah Alam

As the murder trial of Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu entered its 87th day, Celcom technical specialist Haizal Hambali continued his testimony stating that he did not depend on just one source of information to trace the movement of accused Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri.

32-year-old Haizal said he used data from several transmission stations to triangulate Azilah’s position at significant times. The data collected were the “Location Area Code” and “Service Area Code” from the transmission stations and Celcom’s mobile exchange. Haizal spent almost five hours yesterday being re-examined by Deputy Public Prosecutor Tun Abdul Majid Tun Hamzah on the mobile phone transaction records.

Azilah’s lawyer, counsel J. Kuldeep Kumar, also claimed that one of the transaction records showed that Azilah could not have been at the murder scene. The discrepancy in the records was due to technical errors made by Celcom staff during extraction of data from two different systems, which are the 2G and 3G systems.

He was refuting claims by counsel J. Kuldeep Kumar, the accused’s lawyer, that one of the records showed Azilah could not have been at the murder scene. Kuldeep suggested that according to records provided by Mohd Firdaous Mohd Omar of Celcom’s Investigations and Special Projects Division, the location codes of Azilah were different from those provided by Haizal.

It is believed that Mohd Firdaous’s data put Azilah in Jalan Pahang and not Damansara as showed by Haizal. On the day that Altantuya was murdered, Kuldeep said Azilah could have been at First World in Genting Highlands and not Pekan Subang.

The trail continues on Monday.

The Star Online – ‘Location deduced from more than one source’
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/2/15/courts/20339047&sec=courts>

New Straits Times – ‘I relied on more than one source’
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Friday/National/2158459/Article/index_html>

MCW – Altantuya Murder Trial: Azilah’s Lawyer Rebuked
<URL:http://malaysiacrimewatch.lokety.com/altantuya-murder-trial-azilahs-lawyer/>

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14 February 2008
Shah Alam

High Court Judge Datuk Mohd Zaki Md Yasin yesterday rebuked lawyer J. Kuldeep Kumar who represented accused Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri in the murder trial of Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu. He told him, “If this is a traffic summons case, I would have long stopped you from examining this witness further but this is a case involving a death sentence so I give you the opportunity to pose questions.”

Kuldeep had spent almost three hours questioning Celcom mobile access planning technician Haizal Hambali on two call transaction records made by Azilah. These records have been produced in court in previous sessions by the prosecution.

Haizal denied making any test calls from places other than those listed in the transaction list. He also said he did not make any arrangement with the police to write down the names of transmission stations into the transaction list by tracing the route from the house of accused political analyst Abdul Razak Abdullah Baginda and the murder scene.

The trial continues today.

The Star Online – Judge chides Azilah’s lawyer
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/2/14/courts/20325891&sec=courts>

New Straits Times – Altantuya Murder Trial: Focus on relevant matters, lawyer warned
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Thursday/National/2157484/Article/index_html>

MCW – Altantuya Murder Trial: Transmission Stations List Led to Murder Scene
<URL:http://malaysiacrimewatch.lokety.com/altantuya-murder-trial-transmission/>

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13 February 2008
Miri

Six armed robbers held up the manager of a lottery outlet and took him on a terror ride, robbing him of RM170,000.

The manager was abducted early yesterday morning at his house by the robbers when they broke into his house. His wife and two children were tied up while the manager was forced into his car. They drove to his office where they opened an iron safe and took RM130,000 cash from sales of lottery slips.

The robbers then drove back to his house and tied him up there. They escaped in the manager’s car which was worth about RM40,000.

The Star Online – Gunmen rob lottery outlet manager of RM170,000
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/2/13/nation/20307627&sec=nation>

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