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SHAH ALAM: The investigating officer of the Altantuya Shaariibuu case told a High Court here that his investigation into the case was carried out solely to prosecute.

Asst Supt Tonny Lunggan, testifying as the 75th prosecution witness, said this when cross-examined by J. Kuldeep Kumar, counsel for first accused C/Insp Azilah Hadri who is charged with murdering the Mongolian woman together with Kpl Sirul Azhar Umar.

However, he disagreed when the lawyer suggested that he did not investigate C/Insp Azilah's alibi.

“I investigated it,” ASP Tonny replied.

When Justice Mohd Zaki Md Yasin asked if the notice of alibi had been served on him, the investigating officer replied that it was not, but that the prosecution had informed him about it.

ASP Tonny said he was aware that C/Insp Azilah had been assigned for escort duty to Hong Kong on Oct 19, 2006, the day Altantuya went missing before she was subsequently murdered.

He also said he knew that the assignment was cancelled around 5.30pm that day and that the Unit Tindakan Khas operative had been given another assignment in Putrajaya the same night.

Later, Kuldeep drew ASP Tonny's attention to several phone numbers in C/Insp Azilah's handphone log for calls made on the night of Oct 19, 2006, and asked if the owners of those numbers had been identified.

The investigating officer identified one number as belonging to one ASP Azani Omar from the UTK and another as the number used by officers-on-duty at the elite squad's headquarters, which was one Sjn Ramle Harun that night.

However, ASP Tonny could not identify three other cell phone numbers listed in the log as he did not investigate them.

To a question by Datuk Hazman Ahmad, another counsel of C/Insp Azilah's, on a claim by Abdul Razak Baginda's private investigator regarding a blue Proton Iswara that was driven past the political analyst's house just before Altantuya was taken away, ASP Tonny said he investigated the claim.

The private eye, P. Balasubramaniam in his testimony, had claimed that the driver of the Iswara stared at him although he did not stop the car.

Asked about his findings, ASP Tonny replied: “We couldn't trace the vehicle. We don't even know if it really exists.”

The trial continues today.

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