June 29, 2007
The Star

BURMAA Oyunchimeg sent a threatening SMS to Abdul Razak Baginda’s private investigator two days after her cousin Altantuya Shaariibuu went missing.

It was towards the end of yesterday’s proceedings that the 26-year-old Mongolian woman was asked to read the SMS aloud in court. Wong Kian Kheong, counsel for Abdul Razak, first asked her to confirm whether she had sent the text message to private eye P. Balasubramaniam.

Burmaa, who appeared shocked to see the SMS in print, tried to laugh it off before she confirmed that she had sent it.

Wong then repeatedly asked her to read the message aloud, reminding her to be serious as she was under oath.

“Just read it. My client is facing a capital offence. Please read it since you sent it,” the lawyer said in a stern voice.

Burmaa then read the message in a hushed tone of voice but was told by Justice Mohd Zaki Md Yasin to re-read the SMS again in a louder tone.

“You must read it with the same tone as you did with the other notes you read earlier. You must be fair,” said Wong, referring to several notes purportedly written by Altantuya that were tendered by the prosecution.

Burmaa then did as she was instructed and read the following (reproduced verbatim):

“You sick f*****s, listen to me carefull ... I’m gonna call his wife ... already report to Mongolian Consulate in Malay ... you chicken s***s are in big problem ... i’ll do my best i promise.”

The SMS was sent from the number +85264034956 (a Hong Kong registered number) at 4.26pm on Oct 21 last year.

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