A MEMBER of Parliament has urged the Home Ministry to take the statements of  Pekan MP Najib Razak and his wife Rosmah Mansor amid fresh allegations they were involved in the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder case

Ramkarpal Singh (PH-Bukit Gelugor) said the revelations of businessman J. Deepak, said to have previously been on good terms with the couple, were made in an interview which was uploaded on to the internet recently, but the recording has since been deleted.

He said what Deepak had brought up in the interview was important as it could pinpoint the motive behind the murder of the Mongolian model.

“Deepak had clearly stated that Pekan was involved in the murder (of Altantuya), he said Pekan and his wife were directly involved, that was Deepak’s statement.

“This is important because it happened more than 10 years ago, is the Royal Malaysia Police so incompetent that they cannot not investigate and determine who ordered the murder,” he said when debating the 11th Malaysia Plan Mid-Term Review in the Dewan Rakyat today.

Ramkarpal, who represents Altantuya’s family in their civil suit which will be heard in the Shah Alam High Court in January, said Rosmah should have lodged a police report if what Deepak had revealed in the interview was not true.

“This serious revelation was not answered by Pekan’s wife; she did not lodge a police report (or) do anything to deny the serious allegations, this is a lead which could solve (the question of) motive behind Altantuya’s case,” he said, adding the police should take Deepak’s statement.

Altantuya was murdered in 2006 in the jungle of Puncak Alam. She was shot in the head before her body was blown up with a C4 bomb.

Two policemen who were Najib’s personal bodyguards were found guilty of her murder and sentenced to death.

Ramkarpal said the appropriate action should be taken, so that it was in keeping with “the rule of law’ constantly stressed by the Pakatan Harapan government. – Bernama, October 29, 2018.