Malaysian police had fabricated evidence in the Abdul Razak Baginda murder trial, a policewoman told the court yesterday.
Lance Corporal Rohaniza Roslan, 29, alleged that she had been forced by police to give evidence which they wanted when they were investigating the case last November.
She said they shouted and swore at her, while also making promises to set her free if she cooperated.
Lance Corporal Rohaniza was one of the initial suspects in the murder of Abdul
Razak’s former lover Altantuya Shaariibuu as she was with her policeman boyfriend when he took the Mongolian woman away, allegedly to be killed.
Lance Corporal Rohaniza, who was released without charge, said that police had treated her badly throughout her 14 days in remand last November.
As the seventh prosecution witness, she was explaining to the court why her testimony had differed in at least five places from the statement that she gave to the police.
She said the officers recorded many statements, and would often influence her to give the statement that they wanted.
She added that they also promised to free Azilah of the murder charge, and to shorten her detention period if she cooperated.
Judge Datuk Mohd Zaki Md Yasin remarked that there was a "huge difference" between the statement she gave in court and the to the police.
He will decide at the end of the prosecution’s case whether to reject her testimony in whole or in parts.
