From Malaysiakini
By Hafiz Yatim
Controversial private eye P Balasubramaniam said that he was quizzed for three hours on Monday by French prosecutor M Ryckewaert at the Centrale de la Police Judiciare in Paris.
This was followed by a two-hour meeting the day after with a team of French lawyers led by Joseph Breham, who were hired by human rights group Suaram to bring up the case in the French courts.
According to Balasubramaniam, he told the French what he knew regarding the alleged Paris meeting between Mongolian woman Altantuya Shaariibuu, Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda – who had hired the private investigator to keep an eye on Altantuya before she was murdered in 2006.
He was also asked on the payments made by Razak Baginda to Altantuya and the purchase of an apartment in Mongolia by the political analyst for his ex-lover.
Balasubramaniam also explained the role played by Najib’s wife, Rosmah Mansor, his brother, Nazim Abdul Razak and businessman Deepak Jaikishan in getting him to change his statutory declaration, which led to his self-imposed exile in India.
The private investigator also gave information on the two Special Action Forces personnel – chief inspector Azilah Hadri and corporal Sirul Azhar Umar – who last year were convicted of killing Altantuya. (more…)