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Altantuya Verdict Leaves Mastermind Unnamed

RM5 million judgment for murdered woman’s death a paltry compensation

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John Berthelsen
Dec 17, 2022
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The December 16 decision in a Malaysian High Court finding three men liable for the 2006 death of Altantuya Shaariibuu in one of the country’s most controversial murder cases brings partial justice for the family of the then-28-year-old jet-setting Mongolian woman, but it leaves unnamed the man many believe to have been the mastermind behind her killing…

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