Deputy Registrar Norhayati Johar fixed the date in chambers when the case came up for mention today.
Lawyer Ramkarpal Singh, who is representing the plaintiffs, when met by reporters, said the date was fixed pending a response from Wisma Putra on whether the documents on the amended writ of summons and statement of claim had been served on Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar, one of the defendants named, who is now in Australia.
“If there is no reply from Wisma Putra, we will use a different procedure to serve the documents on Sirul Azhar, but the application to amend the charges has to be served on Sirul Azhar first,” he added.
Altantuya’s parents, Shaariibuu Setev and Altantsetseg Sanjaa, and her two sons, Mungunshagai Bayarjargal and Altanshagai Munkhtulga, filed the suit on June 4, 2007.
They named Special Action Unit officers Azilah Hadri and Sirul Azhar, political analyst Abdul Razak Abdullah Baginda and the Malaysian government as defendants.
Abdul Razak was charged with conspiring with Azilah and Sirul Azhar to kill Altantuya, 28, in 2006.
He was acquitted of the charge in October 2008 without having to enter his defence, while Azilah and Sirul Azhar were found guilty in 2009.
On Aug 23, 2013, the Court of Appeal allowed Azilah and Sirul Azhar’s appeal and acquitted them of the charge.
However, on Jan 13, 2015, the Federal Court allowed the prosecution’s appeal and set aside the Court of Appeal’s decision. It found Sirul Azhar and Azilah guilty and sentenced them to death by hanging.
Altantuya’s family, in their statement of claim, alleged that her death had caused them mental and psychological trauma.
They alleged that Abdul Razak conspired with the two police officers to kill Altantuya.
They further alleged that Altantuya was shot dead and her remains blown up with a C-4 explosive by Azilah and Sirul Azhar into pieces at a jungle at Puncak Alam, Shah Alam, on Nov 7, 2006.
The plaintiffs, among others, claimed that as a result of Azilah, Sirul Azhar and Abdul Razak’s action, they suffered anguish, particularly Altantuya’s sons, who had lost their beloved mother and breadwinner.
– BERNAMA