The only cop charged with causing ‘grievous hurt’ in the case of Kugan’s death in police custody has been freed.
Which raises the question, how did Kugan die? A post-mortem report showed that Kugan had suffered severe beatings and was starved during his detention. Continue reading »
A huge majority of Malaysians feel that Gobind should have been referred to the parliamentary Rights and Privileges Committee instead of being summarily suspended from Parliament over his point-blank remarks aimed at Najib.
The results of an SMS poll over ntv7 last night revealed:
In the light of Razak Baginda’s press statement, this appears to be his version of the current state of play (if I read what he is saying correctly):
Baginda is not involved.
Najib and Rosmah had never met Altantuya.
It had nothing to do with an arms deal. Baginda only met Altantuya later.
Bloggers have been spreading lies.
Two men are now in court in the Altantuya case; so he can’t say much in the interests of “legal ethics”.
That leaves at least two simple but unanswered questions:
The picture says it all: Bewildered and dejected, Setev Shariibuu looks a broken man after the verdict this morning
Someone asked, “Do you believed that justice still exists in our country?”
Setev shook his head as his interpreter replied, “In my country, there is this law.. Justice!… and he (pointing at Setev) doesn’t want to criticise the judge’s decision because he hopes this decision was taken in line with Malaysian law… because it’s an area where the lawyer and the judge are independent of the Government…”
The interpreter was interrupted by Setev, who took out his passport issued by the Mongolian government, saying he is a citizen of Mongolia, which “protects its citizens”.
Abdul Razak Baginda has been freed by the High Court this morning. He had been charged with abetting in the murder of Mongolian national Altantuya Shariibuu.
Two others, Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri and Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar, have been called to enter their defence.