Dec 16 decision on Altantuya family’s RM100 million suit

SHAH ALAM: The High Court has set Dec 16 to decide on the RM100 million lawsuit filed by the family of Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu in connection with her death in 2006.

The family’s lawyer Sangeet Kaur Deo when contacted said Datuk Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera, who is now the Court of Appeals judge, will deliver the decision via online proceedings.

“The decision should have been delivered on Oct 19, however, the court postponed it. The new date (for the decision) is Dec 16,” she said.

Altantuya’s father Dr Shaariibuu Setev, her mother Altantsetseg Sanjaa, and the deceased’s two sons Mungunshagai Bayarjargal and Altanshagai Munkhtulga, filed a lawsuit on June 4, 2007, claiming that the model’s death resulted in them suffering mental shock and psychological trauma, and sought compensation as well as exemplary and aggravated damages.

They named two former members of the Special Actions Unit (UTK), Chief Inspector

Azilah Hadri and Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar, as well as political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda and the Malaysian government as defendants.

However, Altanshagai’s name was later removed from the list of plaintiffs following his death in 2017.

A total of 26 witnesses for the plaintiff, including Altantuya’s father and eldest son, testified in the trial which began in 2019.

The government presented three witnesses, while Abdul Razak chose not to testify. — Bernama