Sirul memohon maaf kepada keluarga Altantuya dan meminta pengampunan mereka.
In 2006, Mongolian woman, Altantuya Shaariibuu, was abducted, shot and blown up with military-grade explosives in Malaysia.
Two policemen were convicted, but no motive was ever established.
It’s long been suspected the case was linked to now-jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak, who denies any involvement.
The junior policeman, Sirul Azhar Umar, left Malaysia in late 2014 just before he was sentenced to death for the murder.
For almost a decade, he was held in detention in Australia, unable to be extradited because he faced execution.
Now free, he’s speaking out for the first time in a world exclusive.
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Former member of the Special Action Unit (UTK), Sirul Azhar Umar, who is facing the death penalty in Malaysia for killing a Mongolian woman, Altantuya Shaariibuu is still under the red notice of the International Police (Interpol).
Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department (JSJ) director Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain said the red notice has not been canceled as the authorities are still trying to bring Sirul back to Malaysia.
"I think what the Inspector General of Police said is clear. We are still trying (to bring Sirul home), studying the method and it is beyond the (jurisdiction) of the police.
"At the moment it is at the level of the Attorney General's Department (AGC). His (Sirul) name is still listed under Interpol's red notice," he said at a press conference in Bukit Aman, today.
Also present, Chief Assistant Director of the Prosecution and Legal Division (D5) JSJ Bukit Aman, SAC Datuk Mohamad Zainal Abdullah.
Today, Sirul through an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera English's 101 East reportedly appealed to continue his life in Australia .
Sirul claimed that it was dangerous for him to return to Malaysia, besides apologizing to the family of the late Altantuya.
He claimed not to be responsible for the murder despite being convicted by the highest court in Malaysia.
Sirul was among dozens of immigration detainees released after Australia's High Court ruled that indefinite immigration detention was unlawful.
That overturned a 2004 ruling that non-citizens without visas could be detained indefinitely provided the government intended to remove them as soon as possible.
Australia will not deport Sirul to Malaysia because the country's law does not allow all those facing the death penalty to be repatriated to their country of origin.
Altantuya was shot in the head in 2006 in a forest area in Puncak Alam, Selangor before his body was blown up with explosives.
Sirul and former Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri, were convicted in 2009 by the High Court for killing Altantuya.
Azilah is now sentenced to death in Kajang Prison.
