Under the double jeopardy law, they can
PETALING JAYA: The Court of Appeal judges should have asked for a retrial in the murder case of Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu instead of acquitting Kpl Sirul Azhar Umar and C/Insp Azilah Hadri, says former minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Zaid Ibrahim.
Zaid, who was formerly in charge of the legal portfolio, tweeted: “I am disappointed with the Court of Appeal judges. Not for acquittal but for failing to order a retrial #fb.”
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