Altantuya Murder Case 16/07/07

Altantuya Did Not Complain, Hotel Employee Tells Court

SHAH ALAM, July 16 (Bernama) -- A Hotel Malaya employee in charged of the front office told the High Court here today that he had never received any complaint from Altantuya Shaaribuu when she was staying there in October last year.
N. Haridharan, 22, said if the Mongolian woman lodged complaints, he surely had recorded them and informed the hotel manager on duty.
He also said that Altantuya checked into the hotel on Oct 9 at about 2am but because of the hotel policy, the registration form showed that she checked in on Oct 8.
He said this in reply to Abdul Razak Abdullah Baginda's lawyer, Wong Kian Kheong, on the 19th day of trial for Altantuya's murder.
Two policemen from the Special Action Squad -- 30-year-old Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri and Cpl Sirul Azhar Umar, 35, -- are charged with the murder while political analyst Abdul Razak, 46, is alleged to have abetted them.
In previous proceedings, two Mongolian women who were with Altantuya, Uuriintuya Gal-Ochir and Namiraa Gerelmaa, said Abdul Razak's private detective, Suras Kumar, had harassed and threatened them at the hotel.

Images Of Two Men- Believed To Be Azilah And Sirul Captured On Hotel's CCTV

SHAH ALAM, July 16 (Bernama) -- The Altantuya Shaariibuu murder trial was shown eight images of two men believed to be the accused, Chief Insp Azilah Hadri and Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar, which were captured on the closed-circuit television (CCTV) of Hotel Malaya, where the Mongolian stayed.
The images were shown on the screen of a 21-inch television placed on the prosecution's bench in the High Court here.
They revealed the two men, respectively wearing a white T-shirt and a yellow-blue striped T-shirt and pants, roaming the hotel lobby, the lift area, entering the lift and on the 7th and 11th floors between 4pm and 5pm on Oct 18 last year, a day before Altantuya was allegedly killed.
Another television set was placed on the judge's bench for Justice Datuk Mohd Zaki Yasin who is presiding over the trial which entered its 19th day.
Based on observation of the images which were not clear, the man in the yellow-blue striped T-shirt resembled Sirul Azhar, from the shape of his face and the physical aspect. At a glance, the other man looked like Azilah.
Azilah, 30, and Sirul Azhar, 35, are charged with murdering Altantuya, 28, at a location between Lots 12843 and 16735, Mukim Bukit Raja, between 10pm on Oct 19 last year and 1am the following day.