KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 — Former police commando Sirul Azhar Omar has been detained
by immigration officials in Queensland, Australia over his conviction for the
murder of Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu, ABC News reported today.
According to the Australian news outlet, Sirul was arrested in Brisbane after global law enforcement agency Interpol issued a red notice yesterday for the former commando who was sentenced to death here for the 2006 murder.
It is believed that he is still in the custody of Queensland immigration officials, but it is unclear if they are preparing to extradite him to Malaysia.
Sirul and former chief Inspector Azilah Hadri were charged with the murder of 28-year-old Altantuya in 2006 and convicted in 2009.
They were freed after the appellate court acquitted them in 2013, but last week, the Federal Court reversed the acquittal and sent them back to hang, marking the end to the eight-year saga.
Sirul was a no-show during the Federal Court hearing, however, and it was later revealed that he was in Australia and was unable to return due to a lack of funds.
On Thursday, Australian paper Sydney Morning Herald reported an unnamed Australian Attorney-General’s Department spokesman as saying that Australia’s extradition legislation prohibited someone from being sent back to another country for an offence punishable by death, unless that country pledged not to carry out a death sentence.
In response, Malaysia said yesterday that it will file for an extradition order from the Australian court if its government refuses to hand Sirul over.
In Malaysia, a mandatory death sentence is imposed for murder and drug trafficking offences, while Australia opposes capital punishment.
Source : http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/australian-immigration-arrest-sirul-over-altantuya-murder
According to the Australian news outlet, Sirul was arrested in Brisbane after global law enforcement agency Interpol issued a red notice yesterday for the former commando who was sentenced to death here for the 2006 murder.
It is believed that he is still in the custody of Queensland immigration officials, but it is unclear if they are preparing to extradite him to Malaysia.
Sirul and former chief Inspector Azilah Hadri were charged with the murder of 28-year-old Altantuya in 2006 and convicted in 2009.
They were freed after the appellate court acquitted them in 2013, but last week, the Federal Court reversed the acquittal and sent them back to hang, marking the end to the eight-year saga.
Sirul was a no-show during the Federal Court hearing, however, and it was later revealed that he was in Australia and was unable to return due to a lack of funds.
On Thursday, Australian paper Sydney Morning Herald reported an unnamed Australian Attorney-General’s Department spokesman as saying that Australia’s extradition legislation prohibited someone from being sent back to another country for an offence punishable by death, unless that country pledged not to carry out a death sentence.
In response, Malaysia said yesterday that it will file for an extradition order from the Australian court if its government refuses to hand Sirul over.
In Malaysia, a mandatory death sentence is imposed for murder and drug trafficking offences, while Australia opposes capital punishment.
Source : http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/australian-immigration-arrest-sirul-over-altantuya-murder
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