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Altantuya's cousin shocked over contradictions in police report

DAY 6 Abdul Razak Baginda sports a new hairdo ...

SHAH ALAM (June 25, 2007): Namiraa Gerelmaa, a cousin of the murdered Mongolian Russian interpreter, Altantuya Shaariibuu, told the High Court here today that she was shocked over several contradictions in the police report she lodged following Altantuya's disappearance last October. Cross-examined by Kamarul Hisham Kamarudin, the counsel for Cpl Sirul Azhar Umar, the second accused in the Altantuya murder trial, she said several information in the report including that political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda was Altantuya's husband were never given by her, reports Bernama.

Kamarul: You said you only said four things in the report: when you came and where you stayed, when Altantuya went missing, where did she go and why she went. Doesn't it surprise you that the report said ... on19.10.06 at about 1900 while in Hotel Malaya, my friend Altantuya received a phone call from an Indian man that her husband had asked him to invite my friend to go to No 22 Jalan Setiajaya Damansara Heights?

Namiraa: Those are not my words, so I am so suprise.

Nmiraa, 23, the third prosecution witness, also denied that she passed the information to Altantuya's friend, Burmaa Oyunchimeg, over the telephone after Altantuya did not return to the hotel after she went to Abdul Razak's house on the night of Oct 19.

"I told Burmaa, Altantuya called and after that she didn't call and disappeared. I didn't say those words," said Namiraa, who testified in Mongolian language and was translated to English by Mongolian interpreter Enkhjargal Tsetsgee.

Sirul Azhar, 35, and Chief Insp Azilah Hadri, 30, both from the police special action squad, are charged with murdering Altantuya, 28, between lots 12843 and 16735 in Mukim Bukit Raja, Shah Alam, between 10pm on Oct 19 and 1am on Oct 20. Abdul Razak, 46, is accused of abetting them.

Namiraa, in her testimony last week, said she contacted Burmaa in Hongkong to inform her that Altantuya was missing between 11pm and midnight on Oct 19.

Since Namiraa was not fluent in English, Burmaa contacted Ang Chong Beng, the private investigator engaged by Altantuya, and told him about Altantuya's disappearance to facilitate Namiraa to lodge a police report.
Kamarul: Did you hear the phone conversation between Burmaa and Ang?
Namiraa: I don't understand English but I heard the conversation.
Kamarul: So you wouldn't know whether Burmaa told Ang about this information?
Namiraa: Burmaa translated (from Mongolia) to Ang (in English).
When giving evidence last Friday (June 22), Namiraa denied giving this information in her police report:

"My friend got a phone call from an Indian man saying her (Altantuya) husband had asked him to bring my friend to No 22, Jalan Setiajaya, Damansara Heights (Abdul Razak's house).

"Later at about 8pm, my friend (Altantuya) contacted me to say that she had reached the house of her husband Abdul Razak Baginda at No 22,Jalan Setiajaya, Damansara Heights. For information, my friend is married to Abdul Razak bin Abdullah."

We were told to return to Mongolia, says Altantuya's friend

SHAH ALAM (June 25, 2007): A friend of the murdered Mongolian Rusian interpreter Altantuya Shaariibuu told the High Court here today that she, Altantuya and Altantuya's cousin Namiraa Gerelmaa were told to go back to Mongolia or else political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda would kill them.

Uurintuya Gal Ochir, 30 (ABOVE), said Suras Kumar, the assistant to Abdul Razak's private investigator P. Balasubramaniam, told them to return to their country after Altantuya told him that she wanted to see Abdul Razak for the last time.

She said after they failed to meet the political analyst in his house in Damansara, Altantuya insisted on seeing Abdul Razak alone. "She (Altantuya) said if I go alone, he (Abdul Razak) will meet me," said the housewife who was the fourth prosecution witness in the high-profile murder trial which entered its sixth day.

"Altantuya was very confident that Abdul Razak would meet her if she went alone to see him," said Uurintuya who knew Altantuya as a friend for about two to three years, reports Bernama.

ABOVE: the triple-chained accused
Abdul Razak, 46, is accused of abetting Chief Insp Azilah Hadri, 31, and Cpl Sirul Azhar Umar, 36, both from the police special action squad, to murder Altantuya, 28, between 10pm on Oct 19 and 1am on Oct 20 between Lots 12843 and 16735 in Mukim Bukit Raja, Shah Alam. The political analyst is charged with committing the offence between 9.54am Oct 18 and 9.45pm on Oct 19 in his Bangunan Lembaga Getah Asli office in Ampang.

Abdul Razak sent two men to kill Altantuya, witness testifies

SHAH ALAM (June 25, 2007): The High Court here today heard that political analyst Abdul Razak Abdullah Baginda, who is charged with abetting the murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu, sent two men to throw the Mongolian woman and two others out of a hotel window. Namiraa Gerelmaa, 23, from Ulan Bator, Mongolia, said she, Altantuya and their friend Uuriintuya Gal Ochir were visited a number of times at their hotel room by K. Suras Kumar, the assistant of a private investigator hired by the accused, to threaten to kill them.

"None of Suras' visits were friendly. Every time (he came), he said “Razak Baginda send me to kill you'. Of course it was not pleasant," said Namiraa during re-examination by Deputy Public Prosecutor Manoj Kurup. Namiraa: Suras came to our room about two to three times in October 2006, each visit for half an hour to five hours.

ABOVE: Typical beds found in Hotel Malaya Standard Bedroom. Just imagine the Investigator sleeping in one of them and those girls around.

He once slept on our bed from 5am to 10am. We were standing around, scared and didn't sleep.

ABOVE: Suras Kumar, one of the assistant to Private Investigator Balsubramaniam
Manoj: Why did he come to your room?
Namiraa: Everytime he visited, he pressured us, threatened to kill and throw us out of the window.
Namiraa said besides Suras Kumar, private investigator P. Balasubramaniam also once came to the hotel lobby and threatened to throw them out of the hotel room window.

Judge Datuk Mohd Zaki Md Yasin: Did you yourself hear that Bala wanted to throw you out of the window?
Namiraa: I was told by Altantuya. She was crying and telling us.
Namiraa, who is Altantuya's cousin, said Altantuya and Uuriintuya lodged a police report the next day about the threat by Balasubramaniam and Suras Kumar.
Namiraa: The three of us were under pressure. Bala and Suras always threatened to throw us out of the window. Every time Suras came to our hotel room between 3am and 4am, knocking our door. Bala and Suras always said Razak Baginda was going to kill us. So, in the morning, Uuriintuya and Altantuya went to the police station to lodge a report. I knew she was under a lot of pressure.
Namiraa denied that Suras Kumar had a close relationship with one of them, as earlier suggested by Razak's counsel Wong Kian Kheong.
Namiraa, when questioned by Wong during cross-examination, had said that the threat from Balasubramaniam and Suras Kumar began four days after their arrival in Malaysia last Oct 8.
Namiraa: Suras was knocking our room door three or four days, so we called the hotel manager.
KK Wong: When Suras and Bala threatened to throw you out of the window, did you lodge a police report against them?
Namiraa: No.
KK Wong: How many days approximately that the late Altantuya went missing after she lodged the police report?

Namiraa: She made the report against Suras and Bala in the afternoon of Oct 19.
KK Wong: Despite all these threats and after the late Altantuya lodged a report, the three of you still went to the third accused's house by taxi in the evening of Oct 19?
Namiraa: Yes
KK Wong: After all of you went back to the hotel, you said Altantuya wanted to go alone to the third accused's house. Did you ask why she persisted to go after many failed attempts to meet him?
Namiraa: Uuriintuya asked.
KK Wong: In view of the threats and the report lodged, were you worried for Altantuya's safety when she went alone to the third accused's house?
Namiraa: Yes, I was so worried.
KK Wong: Despite your worry, you still allowed Altantuya to go and see the third accused alone?
Namiraa: Yes.
KK Wong: I put it to you that the third accused never threatened the three of you.
Namiraa: Of course he did, he sent someone.
Namiraa also disagreed with counsel's suggestion that Abdul Razak did not send the two men to threaten the three of them.
She also claimed she had never asked from Abdul Razak for money or air ticket to return to Mongolia, adding she did not know whetherAltantuya had asked for money from the accused. She was further queried by Wong on her intention of coming to Malaysia on Oct 8.
KK Wong: You mentioned last Friday that you and Uuriintuya came toMalaysia to study.
Namiraa: Not to study but to find out about the English course available in Malaysia.
KK Wong: Do you agree that you can find out about the course in Mongolia itself? In the Internet?
Namiraa: I disagree.
KK Wong: Have you been to any university or college offering English course?
Namiraa: No, I only called.
KK Wong: Which university or college?
Namiraa: HELP Centre.
Questioned further, Namiraa disagreed with counsel's suggestion that she could contact the institute direct from Mongolia without coming to Malaysia, saying that she was not proficient in English (to talk to HELP).

She also denied lying about the purpose of her visit, and during re-examination, stated that it was to see the country and to find about the language course that she could pursue, and not to threaten anyone.
Questioned by counsel Hazman Abdullah, who is representing Chief Insp Azilah Hadri, Namiraa said she followed the news on Altantuya's death on TV on Nov 27 after her return to Mongolia.
Balasubramaniam threatened to throw me, two others out of window: Namiraa

SHAH ALAM (June 25, 2007): Namiraa Gerelmaa, the third witness in the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder trial, told the High Court here today that she saw Altantuya crying when Abdul Razak Baginda's private investigator P.Balasubramaniam threatned to throw her and two others out of the hotel room window. She said Balasubramaniam told Altantuya that he wanted to throw her, friend Gal Ochir Uuriintuya and her out of the window. During re-examination by Deputy Public Prosecutor Manoj Kurup, she said Altantuya told her and Uuriintuya of the threat by Subramaniam. Namiraa, 23, said Balasubramaniam came to the lobby of Hotel Malaya where they stayed. She also testified that Balasubramaniam's assistant K. Suras Kumar came to their hotel room two or three times last October, each time fo rhalf an hour to five hours.

She said Suras Kumar once came at 5am and slept in their room until 10am, reports Bernama today. "We were so frightened. We were standing around and didn't sleep. He (Suras Kumar) slept on one of our beds," she said.

Namiraa denied Suras Kumar was close to them, instead, she said, each time he visited them, he pressured and threatened to throw them out of the window.
Manoj Kurup: So it would be correct to say that none of Suras Kumar's visits were friendly?

Namiraa: Everytime he (Suras Kumar) came, he said Razak Baginda sent me to kill you. Of course it was not pleasant.

To a question whether she (Namiraa) stopped Altantuya from going to Abdul Razak's house alone, Namiraa replied: "Yes I did ... I told her not to go there alone, that we should go together." Namiraa denied coming to Malaysia to blackmail anybody nor was she demanding any air ticket from Abdul Razak to return to Mongolia. She said she came to Malaysia because she wanted to see Malaysia and also to find out the possibility of studying English here. When asked whether she knew Altantuya had demanded money from Abdul Razak, she answered "No".

Abdul Razak arrives in court with new look

SHAH ALAM (June 25, 2007): Abdul Razak Baginda's new hairstyle did not go unnoticed by the crowd when he arrived at the court complex here at 9.05am today.

His wife Mazlinda Makhzan who, as usual, was waiting for his arrival since early morning was smiling and heard calling out to him, "Razak, nice haircut!", reports Bernama

ABOVE & BELOW: Abdul Razak sporting a new hair-cut over the week-end seemed more confident and smiling on Day 6 of Trial

They were then seen walking hand in hand towards the court building. Abdul Razak, 46, is charged with abetting the murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu, 28, in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur between 9.54am on Oct 18 and 9.45pm on Oct 19. Chief Insp Azilah Hadri, 30, and Cpl Sirul Azhar Umar, 35, from the police Special Action Squad are charged with murdering the Mongolian part-time model between Lots 12843 and 16735, Mukim Bukit Raja, here between 10pm on Oct 19 and 1am on Oct 20.
Namiraa: The news report said that a Mongolian woman was brutally murdered in Malaysia, shot twice and bombed. There was a video clip showing her picture, the scene (of the murder) and who is the murderer, Razak Baginda.
Namiraa said that a few days after lodging the police report on the missing Altantuya on Oct 20, she gave a statement which was recorded by Sgt Hussain Abu Bakar.

Azilah, 30, and Cpl Sirul Azhar Umar, 35, from the police Special Action Squad are charged with the murder of Altantuya, 28, between Lot12843 and Lot 16735, Mukim Bukit Raja, near here, between 10pm on Oct 19 and 1am on Oct 20. Abdul Razak, 46, is charged with abetting the murder and is alleged to have committed the offence in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur between 9.54am on Oct 18 and 9.45pm on Oct 19.

Namiraa: Abdul Razak Baginda threatened to kill us

SHAH ALAM (June 25, 2007): Namiraa Gerelmaa, the third witness in the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder trial, told the High Court here today that she, her cousin (Altantuya) and their friend Gal Ochir Uuriintuya lodged apolice report on Oct 19 because Abdul Razak Abdullah Baginda threatened to kill them.

Namiraa, 23, who accompanied Altantuya to Malaysia to look for the political analyst, said the threatening message was related to them by Abdul Razak’s private investigator P. Balasubramaniam and his assistant K.Suras Kumar.

"Suras Kumar and Balasubramaniam threatened to kill us, to throw us out of the window. Every night, around 3am to 5am, Suras came to the hotel and forcefully knocked on the door to enter our room," she said during theexamination-in-chief by Deputy Public Prosecutor Manoj Kurup, Bernama reported today.

Today was Namiraa’s second day to be called to the witness stand.

Namiraa, who spoke in Mongolian and translated into English by Mongolian interpreter Engkhjargal Tsetsgee, was the first called to the stand last Friday (June 22).

Chief Insp Azilah Hadri, 30, and Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar, 35, from the police Special Action Squad are charged with murdering Altantuya, 28, in a location between lots 12843 and 16735, Mukim Bukit Raja, here between 10pm on Oct 19 and 1am on Oct 20. Abdul Razak, 46, is charged with abetting them between 9.54am on Oct 18 and 9.45am the following day in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur.

What happened today (Day 6)

* Altantuya Shaariibuu's cousin Namiraa Gerelmaa, 23, testifies during examination-in-chief, continuing from where she left off last Friday (June 22);

* She later underwent cross-examination by all three lawyers for the accused and re-examination by the prosecution.

* After lunch, Altantuya's friend Uuriintuya Gal Ochir took the stand as fourth witness. She will continue her testimony on Wednesday (June 27).

ABOVE: Shaariibuu Setev, Altantuya's father accompanied by bodyguard everywhere

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ABOVE: Mark, an old London College mate of Abdul Razak has been the "rock" to the wife and daughter since he dropped by and BELOW: a more subdued Mazlinda on Day 6 of the Trial, no more harassment of the Mongolian father

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