A Mongolian witness told the Shah Alam High Court today that political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda had threatened to kill her, Altantuya Shaariibuu and another friend.

Namiraa Gerelmaa, 23, said following this threat, Altantuya and their friend Uuriintuya Gal Orchir had lodged a police report on the afternoon of Oct 19, 2006.

She said the threatening message was related to them by Abdul Razak's private investigator P Balasubramaniam and his assistant K Suras Kumar.

"Suras Kumar and Balasubramaniam threatened to kill us, to throw us out of the window. Every night, around 3am to 5am, Suras came to the hotel (Malaya) and forcefully knocked on the door to enter our room," she said during the examination-in-chief by Deputy Public Prosecutor Manoj Kurup.

She also said that she knew Altantuya had been under a lot of pressure "thinking that she is under threat that she would be killed."

Namiraa also revealed that Suras had entered the room which Namiraa, Altantuya and Uuriintuya shared several times.

"One morning at 5am, Suras knocked on the door forcefully and he came into the room. He then slept in one of our beds until 10am.

"We were so scared that we didn't sleep and stood in our room the whole time," she said via Mongolian interpreter Engkhjargal Tsetsgee.

Manoj then asked if Suras was ever friendly to any one of them and she replied with a stern 'No'.

"Every time he came (to see us), he said 'Razak Baginda sent me to kill you'. That is why it has been unpleasant," she explained.

'Visit her boyfriend'

During cross examination Abdul Razak's counsel Wong Kiang Kheong asked Namiraa why did Altantuya continue to look for his client at his house despite the harassment from Suras and Balasubramaniam and lodging a police report against them.

"I don't know," she answered but said she was worried when Altantuya decided to go to Abdul Razak's house alone on the night of Oct 19.

Wong also quizzed Namiraa about her flight tickets which she answered that all three of them had purchased their return air tickets before entering Malaysia as tourists.

"I came to visit Malaysia and to find out about studying a language course. My mother paid for my ticket," she pointed out.

Asked to relate her conversation with Altantunya before leaving Mongolia, she said: "Altantuya told me that she was coming (to Malaysia) to visit her boyfriend but never told me his name. I also did not ask for it."

Namiraa also said that she did not know about Altantuya demanding US$500,000 and three air tickets to Mongolia from Abdul Razak.

Last Tuesday, first prosecution witness Balasubramaniam told the court that Altantuya had made those demands from Abdul Razak two days before she was murdered

Today was Namiraa's second day to be called to the witness stand. She was first called to the stand last Friday.

The courtroom remained packed on the sixth day of the trial.

Accused Abdul Razak appeared cheerful and sported a new cropped hair-do. He was seen using an electric shaver before the hearing started at 9:30am when judge Mohd Zaki Md Yasin entered.

Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri, 30, and Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar, 35, from the police Special Action Squad are charged with murdering translator Altantuya, 28, at a location between lots 12843 and 16735, Mukim Bukit Raja, here between 10pm on Oct 19 and 1am on Oct 20 last year.

Abdul Razak, 46, is charged with abetting them between 9.54am on Oct 18 last year and 9.45pm the following day in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur.