A forensic chemist traced blood stains, believed to be that of Altantuya Shaariibuu’s, on the slippers of Kpl Sirul Azhar, the second accused in the murder of the Mongolian woman.
K. Primulapathi Jaya, 54, forensics division head of the Chemistry Department tells the court that DNA results obtained from tissues, bones, hairs, slippers, swabs (black jacket, earring, ring, watch) prove conclusively that the source is the biological daughter of blood donor Shaariibuu Satev (above) and Altansegseg Sanjaa, parents of the murdered Mongolian beauty.
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K. Primulapathi Jaya, 54, forensics division head of the Chemistry Department, said he found the DNA sequence developed from the stains matching.
The stains had a tuft of hair and swabs (use up to a ring, earring, watch and Sirul’s black jacket) conforming with each other.
The tissue specimens indicated their sources were from the same maternal lineage, he said.
Swabs from inside the jacket included the neck, armpits and sleeves, he said during examination-in-chief by DPP Noorin Badaruddin.
Noorin: “The armpits, is it inside or outside the jacket?”
Primulapathi: “All in the inside of the jacket.”
Noorin: “What is the significance of this finding where the donor of an “unknown” hair is found on the jacket?.
Primulapathi: “Probably, I would infer that the person had worn the jacket.”
Earlier, Primulapathi told the court that he analysed a blood specimen of Altantuya’s father, Shaariibuu Satev; her mother, Altansegseg Sanjaa; hairs; swabs from Sirul’s jacket; earring; ring; watch and bone fragments.
Questioned by Noorin on which DNA result was successfully obtained, he said: “DNA results were successfully obtained from tissues, bones, hairs, slippers, swabs (black jacket, earring, ring, watch) and blood specimens of Shaariibuu, Altansetseg, Sirul, C/Insp Azilah Hadri, political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda and Rohaniza, Azilah’s former girlfriend.
Noorin: Does that mean that this is the person?
Primulapathi: Yes, they came from the same person. Further, this DNA profile reveals that this source was the biological daughter of the donor’s blood specimen Shaariibuu and Alltansetseg.
The probability of parentage is 99.9999 per cent as calculated based on the Malaysian Malay, Chinese and Indian population database.
Noorin: You would be able to tell us conclusively that the tissue and bone donor is the biological daughter of blood donor Shaariibuu and Altansetseg?
Primulapathi: Yes.
Noorin: What if the donor is just Shaariibuu? Would you still be able to conclude that the donor of the tissue and bone is the biological daughter of Shaariibuu? How do you explain that?
Primulapathi: Yes. The best results if we can get both the parents and the results will be 99.9999 per cent. But if we were to get blood specimens of the father alone, I would still be able to ascertain the relationship that she is the daughter. Only the probability would be slightly lower, maybe 99.996 or 99.997 per cent. It is still within the range of 99 per cent.
Noorin: The conclusiveness of your finding, why can’t it be 100 per cent?
Primulapathi: Nothing in science is 100 per cent. We always have to give allowance for statistical deviations.
He also said in his department they have only DNA population databases for three major ethnic groups in Malaysia and some ethnic groups in Sabah and Sarawak.
Azilah, 31, and Sirul, 36, are charged with murdering Altantuya, 28, at a location between lots 12843 and 16735 in Mukim Bukit Raja here between 10pm on Oct 19 and 1am on Oct 20 last year. Razak, 47, is charged with abetting them.
In the morning proceeding, Primulapathi tendered 10 envelopes containing a Larmer Paris wrist watch, two earrings, a ring, a black jacket, skull bone, cervical bone, lumbar bone, pelvic bone, right humerus bone and right femur bone.
Asked by Noorin what were the requests made to him on the items, Primulapathi said the police asked him to conduct DNA analysis to determine the identity of the exhibits and to find out if they were related with the donors.
Hearing before Judge Datuk Mohd Zaki Md Yasin continues tomorrow.
