COMMENT Nine years on and three weeks after the final Federal Court decision, public speculation as to the motive for the murder of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu has refused to die down.

And now, added to this is the interview political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda gave to The Malaysian Insider last week where his statements defending Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak over Altantuya's murder have instead raised more questions.

This is the second time Abdul Razak - the third accused charged six years ago with abetment to murder Altantuya - has defended Najib who is a close acquaintance of his...