KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak has accused “the opposition", which won the recent general election, of “recycling” the case of the murdered Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu and suggesting that some people are trying to implicate him. Two former police officers were sentenced to death for the crime but reports have alleged that the officers served as bodyguards for former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak, who was deputy prime minister at the time of the killing. “I can confirm we are reopening investigations,” Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Mohamad Fuzi Harun said, adding that a new police report submitted by the model’s father on Wednesday was one reason for the fresh probe into the murder case. Altantuya Shaariibuu, 28, was killed and blown up with military grade explosives in a forest near the capital, Kuala Lumpur, after being kidnapped late at night outside the home of her alleged lover Abdul Razak Baginda - a defence analyst who advised Mr Najib between 2000 and 2008. Najib’s 1MDB denials unbelievable, says Malaysia’s Mahathir: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir poured scorn over his predecessor Najib Razak on Thursday for denying knowing whether millions of dollars from scandal-plagued state fund 1MDB had been put in his personal bank account. Civil society groups have alleged Altantuya’s murder was linked to her role as an interpreter for Abdul Razak Baginda, a former associate of Najib, in Malaysia’s purchase of two Scorpene-class submarines from French shipbuilding giant DCNS in 2002. The bodyguard who fled to Australia, Sirul Azhar Umar, recently said he is willing to assist any new government investigation into the case, a potential breakthrough.
Malaysian authorities announce the reopening of investigations into the murder of a Mongolian model by two police officers associated with former Prime Minister Najib Razak. Who ordered the killing has never been determined.