Mr P. Balasubramaniam, a private eye retained by analyst Abdul Razak Baginda to keep Ms Altantuya Shaariibuu away from him, revealed that he was told that his assistant was "too close" to the Mongolian woman and her two friends.
Witness: Mr Suras Kumar Kanapathy, an assistant to Mr P Balasubramaniam, the private investigator working for Abdul Razak Baginda, who is accused of abetting the murder of Ms Altantuya Shaariibuu.
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He said Abdul Razak asked him to sack his assistant although he did not know if the assistant really had an affair with one of the three women.
During cross-examination by the accused's lawyer Wong Khian Keong, Mr Balasubramaniam said that Abdul Razak had asked him to sack his assistant Suras Kumar Kanapathy on Oct 18 last year because he was "too close" to Ms
Altantuya and her two friends who had come to Malaysia with her.
Mr Suras, a tall, thin young man with hair dyed brown, had often helped Mr Balasubramaniam guard Abdul Razak's office or house.
He met the Mongolian women on Oct 9 when he was sent by Mr Balasubramaniam to speak to them at the lobby of Abdul Razak's office building.
Mr Suras broke the ice by asking them for a light for his cigarette, Mr Balasubramaniam said in his testimony on Monday.
He, however, confirmed that Abdul Razak had asked him if Mr Suras had spoken to Ms Altantuya and the two women at the office building.
"I stopped his services because I was told to do so by the accused," Mr Balasubramaniam said.
