THE Shah Alam High Court has set December 16 to decide on the RM100 million suit filed by the family of Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu in connection with her death in 2006. 

The family’s lawyer, Sangeet Kaur Deo, when contacted by Bernama, said Court of Appeal judge Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera will deliver the decision via Zoom.

“The decision should have been delivered on October 19, but the court postponed it. The new date (for the decision) is December 16,” she said. 

Altantuya’s father Dr Shaariibuu Setev, her mother Altantsetseg Sanjaa, and her two sons Mungunshagai Bayarjargal and Altanshagai Munkhtulga, filed a suit on June 4, 2007, claiming the model’s death resulted in them suffering mental shock and psychological trauma, and sought compensation as well as exemplary and aggravated damages.

They named two former members of a Special Actions Unit, Azilah Hadri, Sirul Azhar Umar, political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda, and the Malaysian government as defendants.

However, Altanshagai’s name was later removed from the list of plaintiffs when he died in 2017.

Twenty-six witnesses for the plaintiff, including Altantuya’s father and eldest son, testified in the trial, which began in 2019. The government presented three witnesses, while Razak chose not to testify. – Bernama, November 16, 2022.