Police are tracing Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar, one of two policemen facing the gallows following the Federal Court's decision today to overturn their acquittal over the murder of Mongolian woman Altantuya Shaariibuu.
Sirul Azhar was not present when the Federal Court delivered its judgement. Federal Police (Bukit Aman) Criminal Investigation Department director Datuk Seri Mohmad Salleh, in a text message (SMS) to Bernama, said police were hunting down the Special Action Squad (UTK) member following the court issuing a warrant
of arrest for him.
"We will track him down and arrest him. We are now in the process of tracing him," he said.
Sirul Azhar, 43, is reported to be abroad.
Federal Court Judge Tan Sri Suriyadi Halim Omar, who read out the judgement, said the court set aside the acquittal of Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri, 38, and Sirul Azhar for the murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu and restored the decision of the Shah Alam High Court which had found them guilty of the murder and sentenced
them to death.
In a unanimous decision, the court allowed the prosecution's appeal to set aside the Court of Appeal's decision acquitting the two policemen.
The appeal panel was chaired by Chief Justice Tun Arifin Zakaria. The other judges were Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Tan Sri Richard Malanjum and Federal Court judges Tan Sri Abdull Hamid Embong and Tan Sri Ahmad Maarop.
Justice Suriyadi said after perusing the evidence adduced in court, the two policemen had failed to cast a reasonable doubt on the prosecution case.
Justice Arifin issued a warrant of arrest for Sirul Azhar following Deputy public prosecutor Datuk Tun Abdul Majid Tun Hamzah requesting it. Azilah was brought to prison.
Azilah and Sirul Azhar had been charged with the murder of Altantuya, 28, in Mukim Bukit Raja in Shah Alam between 10 pm on Oct 19 and 1am the following day in 2006.
The Court of Appeal had on Aug 23, 2013, allowed the appeal brought by the two police commandos to set aside the 2009 Shah Alam High Court decision finding them guilty of murdering her and sentenced them to death.
Former political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda, 51, who was charged with abetting Azilah and Sirul Azhar, was acquitted by the High Court on Oct 31, 2008, after it (the high court) held that the prosecution had failed to establish a prima facie case against him.
The prosecution did not appeal against his acquittal.
Bernama
Tue Jan 13 2015
The Federal Court today set aside the acquittal of Azilah and Sirul Azhar for the murder of Altantuya (pic) and sentenced them to the gallows instead.
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