The date was fixed during case management before deputy registrar Wan Fatimah Zaharah Wan Yussof today.

Present at the proceedings were senior federal counsel Jasmee Hameeza Jaafar who appeared for the government, and lawyer Rayveni Asogan representing Altantuya’s parents and her two sons.

Altantuya’s father Shaariibuu Setev, his wife Altantsetseg Sanjaa, and Altantuya’s sons Mungunshagai Bayarjargal and Altanshagai Munkhtulga filed the suit on June 4, 2007, claiming her death had caused them mental and psychological trauma.

They named former police officers Azilah Hadri and Sirul Azhar Umar, political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda and the government as defendants in the suit.

In their statement of claim, they alleged there had been conspiracy in Altantuya’s murder and sought damages including dependency claims.

Razak was charged with conspiring with Azilah and Sirul to kill Altantuya, 28, in 2006, but he was acquitted of the charge in October 2008 without having to enter his defence.

Azilah and Sirul were found guilty in 2009.

On Aug 23, 2013, the Court of Appeal allowed Azilah and Sirul’s appeal and acquitted them of the charge.

However, on Jan 13, 2015, the Federal Court allowed the government’s appeal and overturned their acquittal. It found them guilty of murder and sentenced them to death.

Sirul fled to Australia before the verdict by the Federal Court was delivered. He is currently being held at an Australian detention centre.

On Aug 23 last year, the Shah Alam High Court allowed the government’s application to strike out the suit.

The Court of Appeal overturned that decision on March 14 this year after ruling that there were triable issues to be decided by the High Court.