Altantuya's Father Weeps In Court

An update from Bernama.

Altantuya's father, Shaariibuu Setev, wept upon being shown his daughter's photo while testifying in the high Court here Friday in the trial of three men charged with her murder and abetment. Upon seeing this, Justice Datuk Mohd Zaki Md Yasin allowed a 30-minute recess to enable Shaariibuu to calm down before cross-examination by the defence.

Earlier, when asked by deputy public prosecutor Manoj Kurup who the woman in the photo was, Shaariibuu said that many people had reported and called her a Mongolian woman "but if you want me to mention her name, I will.

"She is Altantuya", he said in the Mongolian language and immediately took off his spectacles to wipe his tears before his words were interpreted into English.

Shaariibuu was the prosecution's second witness at the trial of Chief Insp Azilah Hadri, 30, and Cpl Sirul Azhar Umar, 35, charged with murdering Altantuya, 28, at a location between lots 12843 and 16735 in Mukim Bukit Raja here between 10pm on Oct 19 and 1am on Oct 20 last year.

Political analyst Abdul Razak Abdullah Baginda, 46, is charged with abetting them the previous day.
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