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Malaysia Frees Altantuya's Murderers

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Aug 24, 2013
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Malaysia's Court of Appeal on Friday overturned an earlier conviction of two of Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's former bodyguards on a charge of murdering Mongolian translator Altantuya Shaariibuu in October 2006 in a ruling that was greeted with disbelief and outrage.

The court said the two former elite police offers would go free because Najib's chie…

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