In 2022, the Malaysian government, Abdul Razak and two former Special Actions Unit policemen – Azilah Hadri and Sirul Azhar Umar – were found jointly liable for the 2006 murder of Altantuya.
The High Court ordered them to pay RM5 million in damages over her death.
Altantuya’s family then applied to the court for the judgement to be enforced because the parties have yet to pay the damages as both the Malaysian government and Abdul Razak are appealing the 2022 decision.
According to witnesses in Altantuya’s murder trial, the model had worked with Abdul Razak as a translator in relation to Malaysia’s 2002 purchase of submarines from a French state-owned company.
Najib served as the defence minister then while Abdul Razak had brokered the deal, which is under investigation for corruption in both countries, according to Bloomberg.
In the high-profile murder case, Altantuya was fatally shot by Azilah and Sirul before her body was blown up with military-grade C4 explosives at a secluded spot near the Subang Dam in Puncak Alam, Shah Alam on Oct 18, 2006.
Azilah and Sirul were found guilty and sentenced to death for her murder.
In October last year, the Federal Court reduced Azilah’s death sentence to a jail term of 40 years and 12 strokes of cane. Altantuya’s father – Shaariibuu – had written a letter in support of Azilah’s application.
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