Lack of proof linking bombs to cops, rules judge

PETALING JAYA: The trial judge in the Altantuya Sharibuu case had failed to take into account the lack of evidence linking the two policemen accused of her murder to the explosives used in the act, ruled the Court of Appeal.

In the written judgment of the three-judge panel, Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat said that while the High Court judge had found a connection between the explosives and the death of Altantuya, he had failed to connect the explosives to Kpl Sirul Azhar Umar and C/Insp Azilah Hadri.