KUALA LUMPUR: The family of murdered Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu has filed a judgment debtor summons (JDS) against political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda over a RM9.2mil debt.
According to court documents, the debt includes RM5mil awarded to the family by the Shah Alam High Court in its decision on a civil lawsuit relating to Altantuya’s death.
The debt also includes RM4,261,943.26 (5% interest per annum on the RM5mil imposed from the date the civil action was filed) and RM25,000 in costs.
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The JDS was filed by Altantuya’s father Shaariibuu Setev and two other family members, Altantsetseg Sanjaa and Mungunshagai Bayarjargal, through law firm Messrs Karpal Singh on July 24.
A JDS is a summons issued by the court to compel the debtor to appear in court to provide information about his assets and how they can be disposed of to settle the judgment debt.
Razak filed for a stay of the JDS through Messrs Dass, Jainab and Associates on Aug 22.
He is also seeking to set aside or quash the summons on grounds that the RM9.2mil claimed from him was “incorrect and confusing”.
The Shah Alam High Court has fixed Nov 12 for case management.
On Dec 16, 2022 the High Court allowed Altantuya’s family’s civil suit and ordered the defendants to jointly pay the plaintiffs RM5mil in general, aggravated and exemplary damages.
Apart from Razak, the family named Chief Insp Azilah Hadri, Kpl Sirul Azhar Umar and the government as the first, second and fourth defendants respectively.
In the decision, Justice Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera (now a Federal Court judge) ordered the four defendants to pay RM25,000 in costs each.
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On June 4, 2007, Altantuya’s parents Dr Shaariibuu and Altantsetseg Sanjaa and their grandson Mungunshagai Bayarjargal filed a RM100mil suit against the defendants, seeking RM100mil in damages.
In their statement of claim, the plaintiffs said the model’s death resulted in them suffering mental shock and psychological trauma, and sought compensation as well as exemplary and aggravated damages.
Razak was initially charged together with Sirul and Azilah but he was acquitted at the end of the prosecution’s case on Oct 31, 2008 after the court did not find prima facie against him.
Meanwhile, Sirul and Azilah were both convicted in 2009 of Altantuya’s 2006 murder.
In 2013, the former policemen won their appeals at the Court of Appeal but in 2015, the Federal Court upheld the High Court’s conviction and reinstated the death penalty on both men.
