07-11-2024, 08:41 AM
PETALING JAYA: An adverse inference had to be drawn against political analyst Razak Baginda after he elected not to testify under oath or call witnesses in a suit brought by Altantuya Shaariibuu’s family over her unlawful killing, the High Court said.
Justice Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera said several questions needed answers that only Razak – who had admitted to being in a romantic relationship with the Mongolian woman between November 2004 and August 2005 – could give.
“However, despite the opportunity to explain by taking the (witness) stand, he chose not to. There is clear oblique motive on the part of the third defendant (Razak) in electing to submit that there is no case to answer,” Vazeer said in a 90-page judgment released last week.
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