SHAH ALAM: The intention of blowing up Altantuya Shaariibuu's body with explosives was to leave no traces, the High Court heard yesterday.

DPP Tun Abd Majid Tun Hamzah said although murder accused Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri did not specifically say he had murdered the Mongolian, it was his disclosure to the police which led to the discovery of her remains.

"No doubt, Azilah did not say I hid, buried, threw or the likes... but look at the facts of our case. There were bones, hair and tissues strewn all over the place caused by a blast," he said in his submissions at the end of the prosecution case.

"What was left after the blast? What was the intention? Clearly, it was to leave no traces."

Tun Abd Majid said Azilah gave the police information regarding the spot where Altantuya was murdered and later pointed to a spot where she was blown up.
"Although witness Chief Inspector Koh Fei Cheow, who was escorting Azilah to find the crime scene in November 2006, did not write down the exact words Azilah had uttered during the discovery, it was not fatal to its admissibility," he said, adding that Koh had recorded it as close as possible to what Azilah had said.

Tun Abd Majid said Koh had written it on a piece of paper after Azilah made the alleged revelation and later that night recorded it in his computer.

The paper was never tendered in court.

He also submitted that Azilah was never abused, threatened, forced to admit or insulted by his interrogating officer DSP Zainuddin Abd Samad when making these disclosures.

"It's hard to believe Azilah would be easily pressured under such circumstances as he himself was an officer for almost nine years, out of which he was an investigating officer for six and a member of the Special Action Squad for three years."

He also said that there was no doubt the place where Altantuya's remains were found was accessible to the public but the exact spot was not a place where ordinary people would go often.

"Her remains were only discovered in the bushes on Nov 6, 2006 (19 days after she was reported missing)," he said.

"This showed that no one stumbled upon her remains because if anyone had, the police would have been alerted."

Therefore, Tun Abd Majid said, the disclosure was not given involuntarily and urged the court not to exclude the statements.

Azilah, 31, and Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar, 36, are charged with murdering Altantuya at Mukim Bukit Raja, Selangor, between 10pm on Oct 19 and 1am the following day.

Political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda, 47, is charged with abetting them.

Later, DPP Noorin Badaruddin submitted that the call detail records and other documents produced by witnesses from Celcom were not tampered with as the data could not be manipulated.



Submissions continue today before judge Datuk Mohd Zaki Md Yasin.