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KUALA LUMPUR, June 19 — One of two former police commandos previously charged with the grisly murder of Mongolian translator Altantuya Shaariibuu was arrested today for allegedly being in close proximity with a female policewoman.
Sepang police chief Supt Mohd Yusoff confirmed the arrest made early this morning, adding that the case is now with the Selangor Islamic Religious Department.
“Confirm tangkap khalwat (caught for close proximity) and passed to the Selangor Islamic Religious Department for action under Shariah laws,” he said in a brief text message to The Malay Mail Online.
Khalwat is an offence under Islamic law and aims to reduce interaction between the sexes unless related or married to each other.
At the time of writing, Jais has yet to respond to The Malay Mail Online’s enquiries.
In 2009, two police officers — Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri and Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar — were given death sentences after the Shah Alam High Court found them guilty of the 2006 high-profile murder of Altantuya Shaaariibuu, a Mongolian national.
But on August 23 last year, the duo won an appeal at the Court of Appeal and were acquitted of the murder.
Altantuya’s murder remains unsolved.
The Federal Court will hear the prosecution’s appeal against the reversal of their conviction on Monday.
