On the fifth day of this trial, Ms Namiraa Gerelmaa, 23, second cousin of Ms Altantuya who accompanied her on her fateful trip to Malaysia last October, said her cousin had given her a list of phone numbers to call for emergencies.
She said Ms Altantuya gave her the list before she made a solo trip to Abdul Razak's house on Oct 19 last year in yet another bid to see him and allegedly demand money.
All three women had arrived in Malaysia on Oct 8 last year and shared a room in Hotel Malaya in Kuala Lumpur's Chinatown.
Ms Namiraa Gerelmaa, 23, second cousin of Ms Altantuya
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Ms Namiraa said they made several trips to Abdul Razak's office building but she could not remember the dates. Speaking in Mongolian via a translator. Ms Namiraa said she and a friend, Ms
Gal-Orchir Uuriintuya, came to Malaysia to take a language course while Ms Altantuya wanted to look for Abdul Razak.
She said that, on the night of Oct 19, the three of them went to Abdul Razak's house in the posh neighbourhood of Damansara Heights.
There, they met Mr P. Balasubramaniam, a private eye hired by Abdul Razak to keep Ms Altantuya away. Mr Balasubramaniam told them that the political analyst was not home.
The three returned to their hotel, but Ms Altantuya told Ms Namiraa and Ms Uuriintuya that she wanted to go back again to Abdul Razak's house "to wish him Happy Deepavali".
Ms Altantuya told them she wanted to go alone because she believed that he might see her if she did so. Ms Namiraa said that Ms Altantuya called her later to let her know that she had reached Abdul Razak's house.
Ms Burmaa Oyunchimeg, cousin of Ms Altantuya
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She also said they kept calling Ms Altantuya's mobile phone that night but could not get through to her. They managed to reach Mr Balasubramaniam, who said he did not know where she was.
The worried girls sought help from the hotel manager who advised them to lodge a police report. They asked Mr Ang Chong Beng, a private investigator hired by Ms Altantuya to track down Abdul Razak, for help.
Ms Namiraa remembered the list of numbers, and called the one belonging to Ms Burmaa Oyunchimeg, a cousin of Ms Altantuya studying in Hong Kong. She told Ms Burmaa in Mongolian over the phone that Ms Altantuya had gone missing, and Ms Burmaa, who speaks English, spoke to Mr Ang to tell him what had happened.
Mr Ang took Ms Namiraa to lodge a police report which was recorded in Malay. Yesterday, Ms Namiraa disputed several parts of the report in Malay, which had to be translated into English first for the Mongolian interpreter, who
then translated it into Mongolian for Ms Namiraa.
Ms Namiraa then said she returned to Mongolia without knowing what had happened to Ms Altantuya.She added that she learned later through Mongolian TV reports that her friend had been "brutally murdered, shot twice and her body blown up".
