The Malaysian Insight

POLICE will verify death row inmate Azilah Hadri’s statutory declaration (SD) before deciding on the next step, said Criminal Investigation Department director Huzir Mohamad today.

Azilah, a former officer with police’s Special Action Unit, made an SD on October 17 implicating Najib Razak in the 2006 killing of Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu.

“We have not even seen the SD yet… unless you can bring it to us,” said Huzir.

“The authenticity (of the SD) is also yet to be known. We will decide later.”

He was asked if police will reopen the murder probe and call in Najib for questioning based on Azilah’s SD.

Azilah, who is on death row at Kajang Prison after he was found guilty of Altantuya’s murder, is seeking a review of the Federal Court decision and a retrial.

In his SD, he said Najib and Abdul Razak Baginda, a close associate of the former prime minister, had instructed him to kill Altantuya.

Azilah said Najib and Razak described the Mongolian as a foreign spy who was a threat to national security. – December 16, 2019.