A chemist told the High Court at the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder trial that handwritten notes on a sheet of paper found in the bag of first accused Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri,
matched the handwriting of Abdul Razak Abdullah Baginda.
Datuk Abdullah Malim Baginda (left) and Datin Rohana Abdullah, parents of Abdul Razak Baginda. Datuk Abdullah's name was mentioned on the A4-size sheet of paper containing some information found by ASP Zulkarnain Samsudin on the desk of Azilah.
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Wong Kong Yong, 48, from the Chemistry Department Headquarters said he made the findings after comparing the notes with 10 specimens taken by police from Abdul Razak.
Questioned by Deputy Public Prosecutor, Manoj Kurup, how he arrived at the findings, he said: “The similarities in the characteristics of the handwriting that I observed were the formation of alphabets and numbers of the handwriting, connecting strokes between the alphabets, and pen-lift between the alphabets.
“I also looked for the sequence of strokes of writing the alphabets, and differences in characteristics that I observed were the size of the writing which shows variable sizes,” he said.
Wong, who is a handwriting expert with the department, told the court that he also found 18 similarities from the comparison including the formation of the numbers 4, 2; the connecting strokes between figure 5 and 0; the sequence of stroke for figure 9; the formation of the alphabet h; there was no pen-lift for the letter g; the alphabets h, t, s from the word heights; the sequence of stroke of the formation of the alphabet g; and the formation of the letter ‘le from the word lekir’.
When questioned by Manoj whether he found any differences in both samples, he said: “I found one difference, that is the size of the handwriting.
“My conclusion is the handwriting in P80A (notes was found in Azilah’s office) with the specimen handwriting in P105A, P105B, P85A, P86A, except for the handwriting in the middle right portion of P80A was written by one and the same person,” he said.
On Aug 2, investigation officer ASP Zulkarnain Samsudin told the court that he found a sheet of paper containing some information and three mobile telephone bills in a blue bag on the desk of Azilah.
Zulkarnain, an officer with the Criminal Investigation Department of the Kuala Lumpur Police Headquarters, had told the court that the A4-size paper had the following words written on it: “Datuk Abdullah Malim Baginda, 22 Jalan Setia Jaya Damansara Heights 50690 Kuala Lumpur. 012-2132303 0173271703.
“017-3992411 - Room 823 Hotel Malaya Jalan Hang Lekir. Amina.
“Ho 50’s. ASP suresh SB, bala 0122409311, suresh 0169939423 0146383835,
G8 9/10/06 - ‘Isnin dtg pej’ (come to office on Monday). 5787. 9885.”
Manoj: In your opinion what are the similarities?
Wong: The formation and strokes, the way it is written, for example the figure 8 starts at the top left and also ends at top left. And there is a looping on figure 4.
Manoj: What about a word? For example jalan?
Wong: Jalan in P80A and P105A and P105B. The formation and sequence of strokes for both are similar. The letter j was conflated and rounded.
Manoj: Another example, the word heights?
Wong: The sequence of stroke for the execution of the letter h and the strokes connecting the letters g, h, t, s are similar.
Wong, the 30th prosecution witness, also said he conducted an analysis of the handwriting in seven documents including three Hotel Malaya memos, one envelope and a plain sheet of paper.
He said he identified 17 similarities from the handwritings and one difference, the size of the handwriting differed.
Manoj: From your examination and comparison of all these documents, what is your conclusion with respect to authorship?
Wong: I found the questionable handwriting on the seven documents showed similar handwriting characteristics, and therefore I am of the opinion that these questionable handwritings were all written by the same person.
Manoj: You are able to come to these conclusion even without specimen samples?
Wong: Yes. By inter-comparison of all the questionable handwriting on the seven documents.
The trial will continue tomorrow.
In the dock are two policemen from the Special Action Squad, 31-year-old C/Insp Azilah Hadri and Cpl Sirul Azhar Umar, 36, and political analyst Abdul Razak Abdullah Baginda, 47.
The policemen are alleged to have committed the murder in Mukim Bukit Raja, Selangor, while Abdul Razak is charged with abetting the policemen to commit the murder in Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, in October last year.
