PUTRAJAYA (March 19): The Federal Court has fixed July 15 to hear an application by the family of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu for leave to appeal against the Court of Appeal’s decision in their civil suit over her death in 2006. The hearing date was set following a case management before Federal Court deputy registrar Wan Norazimin Kassim on Thursday. Altantuya’s family filed a RM100 million civil suit in 2007, claiming that her death caused them severe mental shock and psychological trauma. In 2015, the Federal Court upheld their convictions and death sentences, overturning an earlier acquittal by the Court of Appeal. In October 2023, the Federal Court allowed Azilah’s application for review and commuted his death sentence to 40 years’ imprisonment.

Source: The Edge Markets March 19, 2026 09:38 UTC