Zahid: Altantuya’s immigration records kept confidential due to trial


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  • Monday, 21 Mar 2016

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KUALA LUMPUR: Immigration records of deceased Mongolian translator Altantuya Shaariibuu was kept confidential to avoid affecting her murder trial, Parliament was told.

Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi in a parliamentary written reply Monday said the police had investigated the immigration records of the deceased.

"We found that there was movement (travel) and so the documents were used for investigations.

"Therefore, there was no need for the documents or its details to be revealed until the trial was over," he said, adding that disclosing it may disrupt the case.

He was answering to Alor Setar MP Gooi Hsiao Leung who had questioned as to why the Government had waited until December 2015 to confirm that immigration records of Altantuya were not erased.  

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