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  #1 Old 11-03-2007 Default Altantuya murder trial brought forward

SHAH ALAM: The Altantuya Shaariibuu murder trial has been brought forward to June 4, nine months earlier than its scheduled date.

Judicial Commissioner Mohd Zaki Md Yasin, who took over the case from a more senior judge, Justice K.N. Segara, said the court was inclined to start the trial as early as next month.

It however had to settle for the June date because lawyers for the two policemen charged with the murder of the Mongolian beauty, requested for time to prepare their defence.

Lawyer Kamarul Hisham Kamaruddin, who appeared for Kpl Sirul Azhar Umar, had asked for the trial to start in May or June while Zulkifli Noordin, who acted for C/Insp Azilah Hadri, was adamant that the case be heard from June 4.

?Please give us time to prepare the defence to avoid future hiccups,? Zulkifli said.

?We want extra time to prepare but not KK (Wong). If possible, he would want the trial to start tomorrow,? Zulkifli said, referring to Counsel Wong Kian Kheong, who appeared for the third person implicated in the case, political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda.

Wong then quipped that he had wanted the trial to start ?last week.?

?I was given strict instructions by my client to get the earliest possible date because he wants to be vindicated as soon as possible,? Wong said.

The judge then asked DPP Salehuddin Saidin how many days he needed for the trial, to which the prosecutor said he had about 40 witnesses and needed about a month.

The DPP also said he was ready to conduct the case.

When the judge suggested that the trial be fixed in May instead of April, Zulkifli again stood his ground.

This prompted the judge to remark: ?You seem to want a later date when the defence counsel usually asks for an earlier trial.?

Wong, who agreed with the judge, then tried to get up to say something but was asked by a smiling Zulkifli not to reply. This drew laughter from the public gallery.

The judge finally fixed the June 4 date but warned all parties that he would not entertain any request for further postponement.

Earlier, DPP Salehuddin also raised the issue of Razak replacing his solicitors Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill with the law firm Norendra & Yap.

He said that Dhiren Rene Norendra, who is a partner in the new firm of solicitors, was a potential witness in the case and he was concerned about future complications.

Wong explained that he was the counsel in the case but he would advise Razak to change his solicitors again.
(From The Star, 10th March 2007

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  #2 Old 11-03-2007 Default

When the media covers a case, justice is questionable.
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  #3 Old 11-03-2007 Default

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When the media covers a case, justice is questionable.
the jurys are biased
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  #4 Old 25-03-2007 Default

any judgement make will cause big impact to malaysia....
if the suspect is released, may be relationship between mongolian and malaysian in tention....
and this show tat thr r politic element inside the judgement...coz the proof is thr, but some how not able to say they r guilty....
if the suspect is being punished.....at least the public will believe tat thr is true justice in malaysia....
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  #5 Old 25-03-2007 Default

Remember the case in Ipoh where the son of the council man was released due to the lousy work the police did on the crime scenes? Maybe this would turn out like that. We'll see.
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  #6 Old 26-03-2007 Default

Malaysia....haih
what to do?
opposition is not strong enough, thr is no real democracy in malaysia
privileged person rulez..
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