Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Wednesday (March 26, 2025)
SHAH ALAM: The High Court here on Wednesday (Feb 12) ordered the government and political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda to pay more than RM9 million to the family of the late Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu.
PUTRAJAYA: In a moving gesture, the father of murdered Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu gave his support for the application by former police commando Azilah Hadri to have his death sentence commuted to imprisonment.
PUTRAJAYA: The father of murdered Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu supports the review application filed by former police commando Azilah Hadri, who is seeking to have his death sentence commuted to imprisonment.
PUTRAJAYA: Former police commando Azilah Hadri has been given a new lease on life after the Federal Court allowed a review application of his death sentence and commuted it to imprisonment.
PUTRAJAYA: Former police commando Azilah Hadri, who was convicted of murdering Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu has escaped the gallows after the Federal Court commuted his death sentence, and may walk out a free man as early as 2034.
KUALA LUMPUR: The family of Altantuya Shaariibuu is urging the Attorney General (AG) to address an unrebutted additional affidavit that purportedly led the Federal Court to commute the death penalty for former policeman Azilah Hadri.
KUALA LUMPUR: The family of murdered Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu has filed a judgment debtor summons (JDS) against political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda over a RM9.2mil debt.
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court had ordered political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda and a few others to pay RM5mil in damages to the family of slained Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu because he had chosen not to testify under oath.
KUALA LUMPUR: The father of murdered Mongolian model-translator Altantuya Shaariibuu has cried foul over the release of former Malaysian policeman Sirul Azhar Umar from a detention centre by the Australian government.
PETALING JAYA: Former police Special Action Unit (UTK) personnel Azilah Hadri is awaiting a Royal Pardon in a bid to escape the gallows for the murder of Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu in 2006.
KUALA LUMPUR: The father of the murdered Mongolian model, Altantuya Shaariibuu, has cried foul over the release of former Malaysian policeman Sirul Azhar Umar from prison in Australia.
KUALA LUMPUR: A motion has been filed by a government backbencher to discuss efforts to extradite former police commando Sirul Azhar Umar, who is currently in Australia, back to the country.
PETALING JAYA: Former policeman Sirul Azhar Umar, 51, who was sentenced to death for the 2006 murder of Mongolian model Altantunya Shaariibuu has been released from an immigration detention centre in Australia.
PETALING JAYA: The police will discuss extraditing former police commando Sirul Azhar Umar with the Attorney General, says the Inspector-General of Police.
KUALA LUMPUR: There will be issues concerning the death penalty in any extradition request to bring former police commando Sirul Azhar Umar back to the country, says Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain.
KUALA LUMPUR: Former police commando Sirul Azhar Umar is still under an Interpol Red Notice, says Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain.
PETALING JAYA: Lawyer Datuk Hasnal Rezua Merican has denied Sirul Azhar Umar's claims that he instructed the former police commando to make a video exonerating a top leader of any involvement in the murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu.
KUALA LUMPUR: Former police commando Sirul Azhar Umar is still listed on Interpol’s Red Notice, says Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain.
PUTRAJAYA: Former policeman Sirul Azhar Umar, who was sentenced to death for the 2006 murder of Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu, has not applied for a review of his death sentence, says Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.