Murder of Shaariibuugiin Altantuyaa - Controversy - Statutory Declaration By P. Balasubramaniam

Statutory Declaration By P. Balasubramaniam

A second statutory declaration was filed on 1 July 2008 by Abdul Razak Baginda's private investigator P. Balasubramaniam, disclosing then deputy Prime Minister Najib's links and Altantuya. Bala said the police omitted information about the relationship between Najib and Altantuya during their investigation. In the statutory declaration Abdul Razak had told Balasubramaniam that the deputy prime minister had a sexual relationship with Altantuya and that the trio had dined together in Paris. Detailed conversations in a statutory declaration revealed which Abdul Razak was in effect inherited Altantuya as a lover from Najib, who passed her on because he didn’t want to be harassed as deputy prime minister. Among other lurid details, Balasubramaniam described text messages between Najib and Abdul Razak in which the latter was asking for help to avoid arrest, implying Najib personally interfered with the murder investigation. In making his statutory declaration, Balasubramaniam mentioned that a man in a blue Proton Saga happened to be driving pass the home of defence analyst Abdul Razak Baginda at that time of the day before Altantuya was reported missing on Oct 19, 2006 and revealed that the man was Nasir Safar, the special advisor to the Najib Razak.

Former deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has called for a Royal Commission of Inquiry to look into the case. It is crucial to understand that Balasubramaniam's allegation on the involvement of Najib Razak on the murders of Altantuya were mainly because of political reasons. Even the press conference for the allegation was made at the national PKR Headquaters.