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SYDNEY (AFP) - A former policeman who fled Malaysia after being sentenced to hang for the killing of a Mongolian model, in a scandal linked to his country's ousted government, should face a new trial, political leader Anwar Ibrahim reportedly said on Thursday (May 17).
Sirul Azhar Umar, who is now in Australian custody, has claimed he was ordered by "important people" to murder Altantuya Shaariibuu in 2006.
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Altantuya was the lover of Abdul Razak Baginda - a former close associate of now deposed Malaysian premier Najib Razak - who was accused of arranging kickbacks for the purchase of French submarines in 2002.
Sirul Azhar Umar, who is now in Australian custody, has claimed he was ordered by "important people" to murder Altantuya Shaariibuu in 2006.
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Altantuya was the lover of Abdul Razak Baginda - a former close associate of now deposed Malaysian premier Najib Razak - who was accused of arranging kickbacks for the purchase of French submarines in 2002.
