Political analyst Abdul Razak Abdullah Baginda made 19 calls and sent 14 SMS to C/Insp Azilah Hadri from the night Altantuya Shaaribuu was allegedly murdered on Oct 19 until Oct 30 last year.
Suspect Razak with his lawyer. The court was told that he made 19 calls and 14 sms to another suspect, Azilah, in connection with the murder of the Mongolian model.
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Azilah, meanwhile, contacted Razak by phone seven times within the same
period.
This information was adduced in the High Court here through Goh Peng
Chew, 38, an engineer from Maxis who printed the record of calls and SMS, in the trial for the murder of the Mongolian woman which entered its 60th day today.
Azilah, 31, and another operative of the police’s Special Action Unit
— 36-year-old Cpl Sirul Azhar Umar — are alleged to murdered Altantuya 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.
Goh said that on Oct 21, 2006, Razak contacted Azilah more than 10
times and they talked about four minutes at 1.29am and 1.47am.
During the examination-in-chief by Deputy Public Prosecutor Noorin
Badaruddin, Goh, who is the 55th prosecution witness, said he did not know
whose phone numbers he had their transactions printed.
In previous proceedings, however, CyberSecurity Malaysia digital
forensic head Aswami Fadillah Mohd Ariffin, 36, confirmed the phone numbers
belonged to the three accused and several other individuals.
Goh said that on the night Altantuya was allegedly murdered, the
records showed that Azilah called Razak and they talked about two minutes.
Razak also sent an SMS to Azilah at 7.01pm, he added.
He said Razak also sent two SMS to Azilah on Nov 7, 2006 although on
that day, according witnesses’ testimonies, Azilah was already under police
custody and was being taken to the murder scene.
Goh also said that on Oct 9 last year, Altantuya sent three SMS to
Razak and from Oct 14, 2006, Azilah and Razak communicated with each other.
According to the record of transactions on Oct 18, 2006, Goh said,
Azilah contacted Razak repeatedly while Razak sent five SMS and made 11
phone calls.
Meawhile, the 54th prosecution witness — CyberSecurity Malaysia
digital forensic analyst Razana Md Salleh — said the information and data
in the SIM card of a handphone was impossible to be changed by any computer
systems.
The trial before Justice Datuk Mohd Zaki Md Yasin continues on Monday.
