KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has fixed Oct 6 for the hearing of a judicial review application filed by the father of Altantuya Shaariibuu.
Dr Shaariibuu Setev is seeking an order to compel the authorities to investigate or complete investigations into an affidavit and statutory declaration affirmed by one of Altantuya’s murderers, former police inspector Azilah Hadri.
A check in the court’s e-filing system showed that the matter would be heard before Justice Norliza Othman at 10am.
Lawyer Sangeet Kaur Deo, who represented Setev, confirmed the matter when contacted by the media.
On Oct 16 last year, the High Court granted leave for Setev to commence judicial review proceedings to compel the police to investigate the additional affidavit and statutory declaration by Azilah, a former Special Action Unit member.
In the additional affidavit dated Sept 24, 2024, and statutory declaration dated Oct 17, 2019, Azilah claimed that he received instructions from “the higher up” to execute a covert operation to “kill and eliminate the deceased”.
The statutory declaration was part of the affidavit used to reduce his sentence from death to 40 years in jail and 12 strokes of the rotan on Oct 10 last year by the Federal Court.
Setev, in his judicial review application, named the Inspector-General of Police, the director of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the police, the Attorney General, and the Malaysian government as the first to fifth respondents.
In his affidavit, Setev stated that the police had failed to inform him of the status of the investigation conducted by the CID, Bukit Aman, in 2019, regarding the content of Azilah’s additional affidavit.
If the investigation into the additional affidavit was still ongoing, he applied for a mandamus order to complete the inquiry within one month from the date of the court order.
