A royal commission must be set up now to probe Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s alleged involvement in the murder of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu, urged PAS in a letter submitted to the Malay Rulers’ Council today.

najib and altantuya murder french liberation newspaper article 110309 “Reports alleging the existence of a relationship between Najib and Altantuya through the purchase of a fleet of submarines have been reported in India, Australia, Korea, Thailand, etc.

“This shows that Najib’s credibility as a prime minister has been openly questioned at the international level,” stated the letter signed by PAS information chief Mahfuz Omar.

“These reports have been featured by no less than 19 international media organisations, and all of them depict the prime minister as a person who is corrupted and involved in abuse of power, sex scandals as well as the murder of that Mongolian model.”

Since Najib took over as the new prime minister on April 2, he has been under scrutiny by various quarters over his alleged involvement in Altantuya’s murder.

Apart from PAS, other organisations and individuals that have also clamoured for a royal commission to be set up to investigate Najib are DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang , a group of bloggers led by Haris Ibrahim as well as numerous political analysts.

The letter added that the spotlight cast by the international media on Najib’s credibility would tarnish the reputation of the country as well as the royal institution, which would in turn jeopardise the confidence of foreign investors.

Case may be taken to International Court of Justice

“We are also worried that if Altantuya father, Setev Shaariibuu, is unsatisfied with the Malaysian High Court, he may bring the case to the International Court of Justice.”

military malaysia navy french built submarine scorpene class In addition, PAS expressed that the establishment of a royal commission was the only way to restore the good name of the royal institution and to send a message to the international community that Malaysia was prepared to answer the allegations.

Nevertheless, the letter also stated that if the allegations were proven to be false, then actions could be taken to bring those foreign media organisations to task.

These allegations were also dismissed by Dr Mahathir Mohamad on April 21 as part of an agenda by the foreign media to “demonise” Najib despite the lack of evidence.

The former prime minister remarked that he did not believe the simultaneous highlighting of the Altantuya murder by the press worldwide were coincidental.

The same thought was echoed three days later by Minister of Information, Communications and Culture Rais Yatim, who claimed that the allegations were stitched by the foreign media as a grand design to topple Najib.

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