The High Court was told here today that there was no way of knowing whether Cpl Sirul Azhar Umar used a Touch ’n Go card registered under his name at two toll plazas on the day Altantuya Shaariibuu was allegedly murdered.
An operations executive of Rangkaian Segar - the issuer of Touch ’n Go cards - Wan Abdullah Wan Ali, 30, said it was possible for an individual to buy many cards and register them under his name and then give the cards away to other people.
He was replying to a question by Sirul’s lawyer Kamarul Hisham Kamaruddin.
Smart card company says there is no way to know if Sirul Azhar Umar (left) used the Touch 'n Go card and that no data on Azilah Hadri (right) or his identity card number could be found. |
Sirul, 36, and C/Insp Azilah Hadri, 31, are alleged to have murdered Mongolian woman Altantuya, 28, in Mukim Bukit Raja here in October last year.
Political analyst Abdul Razak Abdullah Baginda, 47, is charged with abetting them.
Abdullah, who is the 34th prosecution witness, said he was not sure how many cards an individual could ask for when making an application for the first time but at other times, he could apply for more than one.
Kamarul: “When an individual wants to make an application for Touch ’n Go cards, does he need to fill a form?”
Abdullah: “No necessarily because they can apply on-line besides filling up a form and also through promotions carried out at toll plazas.”
Kamarul: “In the case of Sirul, do you know how the application was made?”
Abdullah: “I am not sure.”
He said that a Touch ’n Go card applicant, either by filling a form or on-line, did not need to give the registration number of vehicle that would be using the card.
During re-examination by Deputy Public Prosecutor Tun Abdul Majid Tun Hamzah, he said he did not know whether Sirul had more than one card when he was asked to provide a copy of transaction record to the police because he was given the serial number of only one card.
Abdullah also said that his company did not keep the original document of each transaction record in a file and would only give the copy to anyone requesting it because each data was kept in the computer.
Rangkaian Segar deputy senior operations manager Azman Md Ali, 40, said he could not find data on Azilah or his identity card number after the police asked him to find information about the first accused and Rohaniza Roslan on Nov 6 last year.
When Majid asked whether it was possible to know the user of a Touch ’n Go or Smart Tag, he said: “Yes, but it may not be accurate.”
He also said that based on the trasaction record, the card registered under Sirul’s name, had been used with a Smart Tag in five occasions.
The hearing before Justice Datuk Mohd Zaki Md Yasin resumes on Monday.
