SHAH ALAM: A High Court here has set July 7 to hear an application by the family of murdered Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu to amend their lawsuit claiming for damages over her death.
The case would be heard before Justice Suraya Othman.
The family's lawyer, Ramkarpal Singh, said the court had ordered him to serve a copy of their application to the parties involved in the suit for the hearing proper.
"I have to serve it to Kpl Sirul Azhar Umar in Australia (believed to be his current location) as he is unrepresented.
"That procedure needs the filing of certain forms which I will do by Tuesday," said Ramkarpal.
On Jan 13, the Federal Court convicted former Special Action Unit personnel C/Insp Azilah Hadri, 38, and Kpl Sirul, 43, for the 2006 murder. Both men were sentenced to death.
The Federal Court also issued a warrant of arrest for Kpl Sirul for failing to turn up for the judgment on the appeal against his acquittal by the Court of Appeal in 2013.
Ramkarpal said lawyer Datuk Hazman Ahmad had withdrawn from representing C/Insp Azilah.
The family wanted to amend their statement of claim to include the conviction and main findings against the two accused.
Altantuya's family - her father Shaariibuu Setev, his wife Altantsetseg Sanjaa and two grandsons who are minors - filed a RM100mil suit in 2007 against the Government and three others over claims of alleged conspiracy and wrongful killing.
However, the case stalled because the High Court wanted the criminal trial to conclude first.
The suit was filed against former political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda, the Malaysian Government and the two men found guilty of murdering Altantuya.
Setev said his daughter's death had caused them mental shock and psychological trauma.
They are seeking damages, including medical treatment for one of Altantuya’s sons who suffers from a medical condition.
Federal Court judge Justice Suriyadi Halim Omar, who read the judgement, held that the prosecution had proven its case against the two accused beyond reasonable doubt.
High Court judge Justice Mohd Zaki Md Yasin had acquitted and discharged Abdul Razak without calling for his defence on Oct 31, 2008 for a charge of abetting in the murder of the translator. The prosecution did not appeal over his acquittal.
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