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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian political analyst
ordered the killing of his former Mongolian lover, a prosecutor said
in his opening statements at a politically charged murder trial on
Monday.
Abdul Razak Baginda, 47, is
charged with abetting the murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu, 28, in a
slaying that stunned Malaysia.
Lead prosecutor Tun Majid Tun
Hamzah told the High Court that Abdul Razak abetted two accused
police officers “in planning and giving instructions so that the
deceased is killed.”
Tun Majid said the policemen,
Azilah Hadri, 30, and Sirul Azhar Umar, 35, “carried out the
killing,” and told the court a confession from Sirul would be
among the evidence presented.
Altantuya had written a note to
Abdul Razak threatening if he refused to give her money.
Prosecutors said they had proof
that a car owned by Azilah was used to take Altantuya to the murder
scene in Shah Alam district southwest of the capital Kuala Lumpur.
“The prosecution will prove the
cause of death was ‘probable blast-related injuries’ as is
proven in a medical report by pathologists,” he said.
A pair of bloodstained slippers
was found in a car belonging to Sirul, and DNA testing confirmed the
blood was from Altantuya, he said.
All three accused face the death
penalty if convicted.
Abdul Razak is a close associate
of Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak, who has vehemently denied any
involvement in the case.
 --AFP
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