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Malaysian murder a tale of love gone wrong

Our Correspondent
Jan 20, 2007
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A well-placed Malaysian political analyst facing charges of conspiring

to murder a young Mongolian woman has admitted to the High Court in Kuala Lumpur that he was

having an affair with the victim and giving her large sums of money.

Abdul Razak Baginda, 46, carried on a romance with Altantuya

Shaariibuu, 28, from the end of 2004 into the middle of 2005 in s…

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