Former police special action force (UTK) officer Azilah Hadri has never been taken out of Kajang prison. This was confirmed by the Prisons Department in a statement issued today.
Records on meetings and visits also showed that the prisoner had received visits from his family 34 times and 15 times by his lawyer since last year,” it said, adding that allegations that Azilah was brought out of the prison this year to meet a VVIP was not true.
It was reported that Azilah had allegedly been brought out from death row at Kajang Prison in February to meet a VVIP.
The allegation was made by Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah.
KUALA LUMPUR: Former police special action force (UTK) officer Azilah Hadri has never been taken out of Kajang prison.
This was confirmed by the Prisons Department in a statement issued today.
It said Azilah had not left the prison since April 15, 2015.
“The last time (Azilah) was taken out of Kajang prison was on April 15, 2015 when he attended a trial at the Sepang magistrates’ court.
“Kajang prison officials escorted him for the trial after they received the order from the Sepang magistrates’ court to produce him under Section 30 of the Prisons Act, which allows a prisoner to attend court at the time and place stated.
“Based on records since the date (April 15, 2015), the accused was never allowed to leave the prison for any matter.
“Records on meetings and visits also showed that the prisoner had received visits from his family 34 times and 15 times by his lawyer since last year,” it said, adding that allegations that Azilah was brought out of the prison this year to meet a VVIP was not true.
It was reported that Azilah had allegedly been brought out from death row at Kajang Prison in February to meet a VVIP.
The allegation was made by Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah.
Shafee told reporters that he believed there was a coordinated political assassination plot against Najib.
A few days ago, Azilah made public a statutory declaration (SD) claiming that Najib had ordered him to kill the Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu in 2006.
The SD by Azilah has gone viral. Azilah claimed that Najib, who was then the deputy prime minister, told him that Altantuya was a foreign spy who was a threat to national security and needed to be silenced.
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