On MSN News. Some parts.
A high-profile political analyst was Friday cleared of involvement in the murder of a Mongolian woman, in a case linked to top government figures that has gripped Malaysia.
Abdul Razak Baginda, a close associate of Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak, was accused of abetting the 2006 slaying of his former lover Altantuya Shaariibuu, whose body was blown up with explosives in a jungle clearing.
"I find there is no prima facie case for him to answer his charge. He is therefore acquitted and discharged," said Judge Mohamad Zaki Mohamad Yasin.
However, the court ordered the two policemen -- from an elite unit which guards the prime minister and deputy prime minister -- to enter their defence. The case will be heard from November 10.
Altantuya's father Setev Shaariibuu was distraught over the decision, in a case that has been seen as a test of the strength of Malaysia's much-criticised judiciary.
I am not satisfied. My daughter knows only one Malaysian and it is Razak Baginda. Now my daughter is dead and Baginda is freed... the country has lost credibility in the world," he told reporters.
From wikipedia.
Prima facie is a Latin expression meaning "on its first appearance", or "by first instance". It is used in modern legal English to signify that on first examination, a matter appears to be self-evident from the facts. In common law jurisdictions, prima facie denotes evidence that (unless rebutted) would be sufficient to prove a particular proposition or fact.
It is indeed rather interesting to see what would turn out from here.
A Mongolian woman was blown to bits, that's a fact. The boyfriend Razak Baginda is acquited upon a no prima facie case. Two policemen will be asked to enter their defence on the 10th November 2008.
No other suspects currently?
Two policemen from an elite unit which guards the prime minister and deputy prime minister acting on their own blew up Razak Baginda's girlfriend?
It is indeed rather interesting to see what would turn out from here.
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