NewzBapa Altantuya, Shaariibuu Setev, dan Sangeet Kaur Deo mendengar keputusan saman sivil di pejabat wanita itu awal tahun ini. (Gambar Al Jazeera)PETALING JAYA: Dua peguam menggesa kerajaan agar membawa pulang pembunuh yang disabitkan kesalahan, Sirul Azhar Umar, dari Australia bagi membuka semula kes pembunuhan warga Mongolia, Altantuya Shaaribuu, yang 'belum selesai'. Altantuya ditembak dan mayatnya diletupkan pada 2006.Bekas peguam negara, Tommy Thomas, berkata Malaysia hanya memerlukan 30 minit untuk memastikan Sirul dapat diektradisi.
Sirul melarikan diri ke Australia pada 2015."Malaysia hanya perlu memberikan aku janji kepada Australia bahawa Sirul tidak akan berdepan hukuman mati sekembalinya dia. Menteri luar, menteri dalam negeri dan peguam negara mesti duduk bersama dan menulis surat kepada rakan sejawat di Australia," kata Thomas."Ia semudah itu -- surat yang boleh ditulis dalam masa setengah jam. Mereka lebih suka ia menjadi sebahagian daripada sejarah dan mahu semua orang melupakannya.
Tetapi ia tidak boleh dilupakan."Kes Altantuya menjadi perhatian apabila perincian yang terdedah mengaitkan wanita itu dengan Abdul Razak Baginda, seorang pembantu kepada menteri pertahanan ketika itu, Najib Razak, spekulasi mengenai penglibatannya dalam perjanjian kapal selam antara Perancis dan Malaysia, serta mesej antara Razak dan Musa Safri, seorang lagi pegawai pembantu kepada Najib.Thomas dan peguam, Sangeet Kaur Deo, yang mewakili keluarga Altantuya, berkata ekstradisi Sirul akan membolehkan pihak berkuasa Malaysia mengesahkan dakwaan Sirul mengenai pembunuhan itu, yang dibuat dalam akuan berkanun semasa dia ditahan oleh imigresen Australia.Bercakap kepada Al Jazeera dalam dokumentari 'Murder in Malaysia – Justice for Altantuya' yang ditayangkan hari ini, Thomas dan Sangeet berkata dakwaan Sirul dalam akuan berkanun -- dan dakwaan oleh rakan subahatnya, Azilah Hadri, dalam akuan berasingan -- mesti disahkan bagi membuka semula kes tersebut.Thomas dan Sangeet berkata dua orang itu patut berdepan tindakan kerana membuat akuan palsu sekiranya dakwaan mereka tidak benar.Pakar patologi forensik, Dr Mohd Shah Mohmood, menunjukkan gambar-gambar dari tempat kejadian pembunuhan kepada penerbit Al Jazeera, Mary Ann Jolly. (Gambar Al Jazeera)Sirul melarikan diri ke Australia untuk memohon suaka sebelum Mahkamah Persekutuan menjatuhkan… Altantuya’s father, Shaariibuu Setev and lawyer Sangeet Kaur Deo listening to a civil suit verdict in her office earlier this year.
(Al Jazeera pic)PETALING JAYA: Two lawyers have urged the government to bring home convicted killer Sirul Azhar Umar from Australia to reopen the "unresolved" murder case of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaaribuu, who was shot and had her body blown up in 2006.Former attorney-general Tommy Thomas it would take only 30 minutes for Malaysia to ensure that Sirul could be extradited from Australia, where he fled in 2015."Malaysia just needs to give an undertaking to Australia that Sirul won't face the death penalty on his return. The foreign and home ministers and the attorney general must sit together and write a letter to their counterparts in Australia," Thomas said."It's as easy as that — a letter that can be written in half an hour. I think there is no political will.
They'd rather it be part of history and want everybody to forget about it. But it can't be forgotten."The Altantuya case captured headlines as details emerged linking the woman to Abdul Razak Baginda, an aide to then defence minister Najib Razak, speculation about her involvement in a submarine deal between France and Malaysia, and messages between Razak and Musa Safri, another aide to Najib.Thomas and lawyer Sangeet Kaur Deo, who represents Altantuya's family, said Sirul's extradition would allow Malaysian authorities to verify claims about the killing that Sirul made in a statutory declaration while being held in detention by Australian immigration.Speaking to satellite broadcaster Al Jazeera in a two-part documentary "Murder in Malaysia - Justice for Altantuya" aired today, Thomas and Sangeet said Sirul's claims in his statutory declaration — and those by his accomplice Azilah Hadri in a separate declaration — must be verified in order to reopen the case.Thomas and Sangeet said the two men should face action for making false declarations if their claims were not true.Forensic pathologist Dr Mohd Shah Mohmood showing Al Jazeera producer Mary Ann Jolly pictures of the evidence gathered at the scene of murder. (Al Jazeera pic)Sirul fled to Australia seeking asylum before the Federal Court sentenced him to death.
His asylum application was rejected in 2019 and he was held in detention until 2023, when he was released into society; however, he could not be deported…
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