A digital forensic analyst told the High
Court here today that he could not trace all calls and SMS made and
received by by the 13 handphones given to him by the police.
Balasubramaniam Perumal, 47, a private investigator who was hired by Abdul Razak Baginda.
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CyberSecurity Malaysia digital forensic head Aswami Fadillah Mohd
Ariffin, 36, said he could only trace the complete incoming and outgoing
calls and SMS from Abdul Razak Abdullah Baginda’s and private eye P.
Balasubramaniam’s handphones.
Some of the handphones only kept records of calls but not SMS while a
number only kept records of calls made and not incoming calls, he said.
Asked by Deputy Public Prosecutor Tun Abdul Majid Tun Hamzah of why
that was so, he said: “Firstly, there were no transaction records on the
date and time required. If there were, I would have listed all
transactions, namely calls made/received dan sms made/received.
“Secondly the (phone) log was my referance. I only refer to what was
given to me by the service provider,” he said.
Tun Majid: “Do you mean, there were no transactions?”
Aswami: “First, the number did not make calls or SMS at certain times.
Second, there was information in the reference supplied to me.”
Tun Majid: “Did you make sure that the telco log recorded all
transactions?”
Aswami: “Yes. I referred to the log given and identified the date from
Nov 17 to 19, 2006. When there was none, I would ask for confirmation from
the service provider.”
Tun Majid: “When you were given the log for correlation, did you find
the log incomplete?”
Aswami: “Yes. For example for a prepaid number, there was no record of
incoming calls. From there, I had to ask the service provider for the
incoming call record.”
Aswami, who is the 52nd prosecution witness in the trial for the murder
of Mongolian woman Altantuya Shaariibuu, said he only analysed the calls
and SMS traced from the 13 handphones, 14 SIM cards and two laptop
computers as asked by the investigating officer of the case.
The items belong to the three accused — C/Insp Azilah Hadri, Cpl Sirul
Azhar Umar and political analyst Razak — the victim and other individuals.
Azilah, 31, and Sirul, 36, of the police’s Special Action Unit, are
alleged to murdered the 28-year-old Mongolian in a jungle in Bukit Raja
between 10pm on Oct 19 last year and 1am the following day. Razak, 47, is
charged with abetting them.
After Aswami, the prosecution called Dr Noor Azleen Ayop, 35, — a
medical specialist attached to the Seberang Jaya Hospital’s Emergency
Department — to the stand.
Prior to her posting in Seberang Jaya, Penang, Dr Noor Azleen worked at
the Kuala Lumpur Hospital and during which, she took blood samples from
Altantuya’s parents, Satev Shaariibuu and Altansetseg Sanjaa, for DNA
tests.
The trial before Justice Datuk Mohd Zaki Md Yasin will enter its 60th
day tomorrow.
