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No. 4735 PP 2644/12/2009 (023092)

Friday April 10, 2009

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It’s death for Altantuya’s killers by Maria J. Dass and Tamarai Chelvi [email protected]

1 Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon (Minister in the PM’s Department/ Unity and Performance Management)

2 Mej-Jen (Rtd) Datuk Jamil Khir Baharom (Minister in the PM’s Department/ Islamic Affairs)

OUT 1. Senator Datuk Amirsham Abdul Aziz (Minister in the PM’s Department/ EPU) 2. Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar (Home) 3. Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamad (Works) 4. Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad (Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs) 5. Datuk Ong Ka Chuan (Housing and Local Government) 6. Senator Tan Sri Muhammad Muhammad Taib (Rural and Regional Development) 7. Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said (Tourism) 8. Datuk Seri Zulhasnan Rafique (Federal Territories)

3 Datuk Ahmad Husni Mohamad Hanadzlan (Finance Minister II) – former Deputy Finance

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Datuk Kong Cho Ha (Housing and Local Government Minister) – former Deputy Finance

Datuk Anifah Aman (Foreign Minister) – had rejected Deputy Transport after the 2008 General Election

The new cabinet is not only a new team with a new face, but also a new approach to administering the country better in a more responsible and transparent manner that focuses on the people.” – Najib Razak

» More reports pages 2 & 4 » Full list of cabinet page 6

6 Datuk Raja Nong Chik Raja Zainal Abidin (Federal Territories)

SHAH ALAM: Special Action Unit officers Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri, 33, and Cpl Sirul Azhar Umar, 37, were sentenced to death yesterday for murdering Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu. Both (pic) were calm as judge Datuk Mohd Zaki Md Yasin took about 10 minutes to read out part of the 280page judgment. Family members and friends in the public gallery sobbed. The verdict came after a 159-day trial. The duo were charged with murdering Altantuya in a jungle clearing on Mukim Bukit Raja between 10pm on Oct 19, 2006 and 1am the next day. Azilah, who wore a blue chequered shirt and a black blazer, was greeted by family and friends, including fiancée Norazila Baharuddin, her mother and key prosecution witness Cpl Rohaniza Roslan. Sirul, who was clad in black, also had a group of family members present to lend moral support. Zaki said after hearing submissions from the defence and the prosecution, he concluded that the defence had essentially been one of blaming each other and denial. “As such the defence has been both irreconcilable and unbelievable, thus they had failed to raise any reasonable doubt in the prosecution’s case which I find to be irresistibly conclusive on account of the physical and circumstantial evidence adduced before me,” he said. The prosecution has therefore proven the case against the first and second accused beyond any reasonable doubt, Zaki said.

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