Testifying in a civil suit brought by Altantuya’s family members, Zulkarnain Samsudin said Sirul Azhar Umar first revealed the spot where the victim’s body was blown up when he was escorted to the murder site in Puncak Alam here on Nov 11, 2006.

He said that during questioning, Sirul also informed him that he would show the woman’s jewellery which was kept in his house in Kota Damansara here.

The witness said that a few days earlier, Sirul had divulged some information on the murder at Zulkarnain’s office in the Kuala Lumpur police headquarters in the presence of another officer, Koh Fei Cheow.

“I cautioned him before he offered the information. Later, I lodged a police report,” he said in his witness statement read out in court today.

Zulkarnain, who is now with the intelligence and operations unit in Bukit Aman, said that on Nov 11, he accompanied Sirul to the crime scene. He said there were several policemen and another suspect, Azilah Hadri, at the location.

Zulkarnain testified that Sirul pointed to the spot near a bush and said: “that is the place the woman was bombed.”

The witness said that while at his home in Kota Damansara, Sirul opened a closet and pointed to a black jacket and later took out a watch, a gold ring and a pair of earrings from the garment.

“I kept the valuables in this jacket,” he said of the items that belonged to Altantuya.

The witness, who is testifying for the family, said he was roped in by the investigation team to assist in making arrests, seizing incriminating evidence and recording statements from the suspects.

Zulkarnain had testified in Altantuya’s murder trial but the evidence given today was then objected to by the defence lawyers.

Altantuya’s father, Setev, his wife, Altantsetseg Sanjaa, and Altantuya’s son, Mungunshagai Bayarjargal, had named political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda, the government and Sirul and Azilah Hadri as defendants in the suit.

The family, which alleges conspiracy in Altantuya’s murder, is seeking RM100 million in damages, including dependency claims.

Sirul and Azilah were convicted in 2009 by the High Court of killing Altantuya, who was described as an interpreter.

They succeeded in overturning their conviction at the Court of Appeal in 2013, but the Federal Court in 2015 restored their conviction and sentenced them to death. Sirul fled to Australia before the final verdict.

Razak, who was charged with abetment in the murder, was freed at the end of the prosecution’s case. The court ruled that the charge against him was not proven and the government did not appeal, a move that drew public condemnation.

Neither Sirul, who is being held at an Australian detention centre, nor Azilah, who is on death row at Kajang Prison, have challenged the suit.

Hearing before Judge Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera continues.