Malaysian court orders government, analyst to pay damages in murder case

12/2/2025 19:14

A Malaysian court has ordered the government and a political analyst, Abdul Razak Baginda, to pay a total of more than 9 million ringgit ($2 million) to the family of murdered Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu, media said on Wednesday.



The victim of one of Malaysia's most gruesome murders, her body was blown up with military-grade explosives in a forest on the edge of the capital, Kuala Lumpur, in 2006.



Two former members of the security detail of Najib Razak, then the defense minister, were convicted of the crime in 2015.



On Wednesday, Judicial Commissioner M Sumathi of the High Court set a deadline of 30 days for the payments, including interest, to be made to the solicitors of Altantuya’s father, Shaariibuu Setev, the Edge newspaper said.



The government and Abdul Razak were ordered to pay 4.7 million ringgit each, as well as costs of 25,000 ringgit to the family, the paper added.



Free Malaysia Today said Wednesday's payments comprise a figure awarded three years ago in a judgment by the High Court.