Those who attempted to offer Sirul Azhar Umar bribes in a bid to implicate Prime Minister Najib Razak in the murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu in 2006, will have to contend with having their names revealed when the convicted killer releases a video next week.
Currently held at the Villawood detention centre in Sydney, Australia, Sirul has recorded a fourth video, the final instalment of three others released in recent weeks, in which he reveals the names of those who attempted to offer him bribes or coerce him into implicating Najib in the heinous murder, The Australian reported.
They quoted RK Anand, chief editor of Malaysiakini, to which the previous videos were leaked to, as confirming the contents of the latest video.
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In late December of last year, Sirul’s Malaysian lawyers revealed their client had been contacted via an “overseas phone call” by an individual offering help in exchange for him to say “something so that the person could gain some political benefit”.
Though the lawyers did not reveal any names(it was reported he mentioned five names), The Australian noted that in April, former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad, a relentless critic of Najib who wants him out of office, was reported by local media as intending to telephone Sirul in Villawood after the killer’s mother appealed to him for help.
It is not known if that telephone call had indeed been made although Mahathir has repeatedly called for investigations into Sirul’s claims that he was merely following orders and that those with real motives were still walking free in Malaysia.
In his earlier videos, Sirul recanted allegations he made when he was first detained in January by Australian immigration authorities after fleeing Malaysia.
In the videos, he denies that Mongolian Altantuya was pregnant with the child of a “certain person” when she was shot, then blown up with explosives, or that Najib was involved.
“I understand that it is the intention of certain quarters with vested interests to topple a certain someone,” he says. “I state here … in God’s name … the most honourable Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak was never involved and had no links to the case.”
Sirul has been sentenced to death by hanging, along with second commando Azilah Hadri, for the murder of Altantuya, although Sirul fled to Australia while on bail and before the sentence was passed.
Najib, has from the start, denied any knowledge or involvement in the woman’s murder.
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Currently held at the Villawood detention centre in Sydney, Australia, Sirul has recorded a fourth video, the final instalment of three others released in recent weeks, in which he reveals the names of those who attempted to offer him bribes or coerce him into implicating Najib in the heinous murder, The Australian reported.
They quoted RK Anand, chief editor of Malaysiakini, to which the previous videos were leaked to, as confirming the contents of the latest video.
Though the lawyers did not reveal any names(it was reported he mentioned five names), The Australian noted that in April, former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad, a relentless critic of Najib who wants him out of office, was reported by local media as intending to telephone Sirul in Villawood after the killer’s mother appealed to him for help.
It is not known if that telephone call had indeed been made although Mahathir has repeatedly called for investigations into Sirul’s claims that he was merely following orders and that those with real motives were still walking free in Malaysia.
In his earlier videos, Sirul recanted allegations he made when he was first detained in January by Australian immigration authorities after fleeing Malaysia.
In the videos, he denies that Mongolian Altantuya was pregnant with the child of a “certain person” when she was shot, then blown up with explosives, or that Najib was involved.
“I understand that it is the intention of certain quarters with vested interests to topple a certain someone,” he says. “I state here … in God’s name … the most honourable Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak was never involved and had no links to the case.”
Sirul has been sentenced to death by hanging, along with second commando Azilah Hadri, for the murder of Altantuya, although Sirul fled to Australia while on bail and before the sentence was passed.
Najib, has from the start, denied any knowledge or involvement in the woman’s murder.