Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has refuted the allegations linking him to the Altantuya Shaariibuu case

Najib denies any links to Altantuya

BY ONG HAN SEAN



Najib meeting the people at the opening of the Pekan Umno division meeting on Saturday.



PEKAN: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has said that allegations linking him to the Altantuya Shaariibuu case make it seem as if there is a conspiracy to topple Malaysia’s leadership.

Speaking at the opening of the Pekan Umno division meeting here on Saturday said that the international press seemed to have a hand in the plot that involved those from the "top to the bottom and inside and outside the country”.

Najib repeated that he had never met Altantuya.

"There are no photographs, there is no evidence and there are no SMSes, and it has emerged again,” said Najib on Saturday.


Najib added that former Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi had said he would not have resigned if he was involved in Altantuya’s 2006 death.

“This case has already sank for so many years and now it floats again," said Najib.

He likened the situation to the toppling of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein based on claims he possessed weapons of mass destruction.

"Now look at Iraq today. They had no proof and yet they invaded the country. Now the Americans have regretted their actions and the Bush name can no longer be accepted," he said.

A report in Al Jazeera's 101 East current affairs programme on Thursday alleged that Altantuya had ties with the Prime Minister and that the two men convicted of murdering her were linked to Najib