The Prisons Department has denied lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah's allegation that convicted killer Azilah Hadri might have been brought out of the Kajang prison to meet a "VVIP" in February.

In a statement today, the department said Azilah had not left the prison since April 15, 2015 when he attended court proceedings.

According to the department, records showed Azilah was visited 49 times in prison this year – 34 involving family members and 15 his lawyer.

"Therefore, any statements which claimed Azilah was brought out of the Kajang prison this year to meet a VVIP is untrue," added the department.

Yesterday, Shafee, who represents former premier Najib Abdul Razak, claimed he possessed "very reliable information" regarding Azilah's alleged meeting with the VVIP.

However, he did not reveal the identity of the VVIP.

"[The meeting took place] Outside the prison, not in the prison. This [happened] when he is a death row prisoner, which is totally a breach of protocol.

"I cannot confirm that. I'm trying to confirm," he had added.

Shafee (photo) made the claim after Azilah filed for a review of the Federal Court's decision to reinstate his conviction and death sentence for murdering Altantuya Shariibuu in 2006.

The former police special action force (UTK) chief inspector also submitted a statutory declaration claiming he was instructed by Najib, who was then deputy premier, to terminate Altantuya.

Azilah alleged that Najib and the latter's close associate Abdul Razak Baginda convinced him that the Mongolian national was a foreign spy who posed a threat to national security.

In 2015, the Federal Court overturned the Court of Appeal's decision to acquit Azilah and another former UTK personnel Sirul Azhar Umar's conviction.

However, Sirul had fled to Australia after his acquittal and is currently in an immigration detention centre in Sydney.

Razak Baginda was charged with abetting the pair but was later discharged.

The decision not to appeal Razak Baginda's acquittal and the trial process not establishing a motive for the murder as well as the prosecution's failure to call Najib's former aide de camp Musa Safri, whom Azilah claimed played a key role, to the witness stand led to speculation of a cover-up.

Najib has denied Azilah's allegations, describing it as a complete fabrication and political plot to silence him.