Instead, Ramkarpal Singh said the court should commute his death sentence to life imprisonment, so that authorities in Australia have no reason not to deport him upon a request for extradition.
“There is absolutely no hint of remorse from Sirul in his said interview particularly when the murder was committed in such a heinous manner,” said Ramkarpal Singh, referring to a interview published by news portal Malaysiakini.
In court testimonies, it was claimed that Altantuya was killed in a forest in Subang in 2006 before her body was blown up with explosives.
Sirul, a former police officer, is currently in Australia, after he fled Malaysia to escape a death sentence.
He is being held at an immigration detention centre, hoping to get asylum.
He and former colleague Azilah Hadri were found guilty and sentenced to death for the murder.
Ramkarpal said the only reason Australia would not extradite Sirul was because he would be on death row here.
“If the said death penalty is commuted to life imprisonment, the Australian government will most certainly deport him to Malaysia to serve his sentence here,” he said.
“Once he is back on home soil, he will be compelled to cooperate in the said investigations or RCI and if necessary, appear as a witness against those who ordered Altantuya’s murder.”
Ramkarpal added that it was unlikely that Sirul had any personal knowledge of what transpired on the night of the murder or who ordered it, saying it was clear from the trial evidence that Azilah had played a bigger role.
“Furthermore, the possibility that one DSP Musa Safri may have knowledge of what happened cannot be excluded as he was mentioned throughout the trial but was curiously not called by the prosecution,” Ramkarpal said.