Najib Razak vowed to perform a "sworn" ritual in a mosque to deny allegations of murder.

"I intend to execute 'sumpat laknat' to deny allegations in Azilah Hadri's testimony," former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak wrote on Facebook on December 18, regarding the allegation he ordered the former. Hadri police killed Mongolian citizen Altantuya Shaariibuu.

'Sumpat laknat' is a sacred oath of Islam in which the person performing this ritual pledges that they are telling the truth, willing to accept a curse if lying.

Earlier this week, Hadri, 43, a former police officer awaiting execution, shockingly revealed that he acted on orders from then-deputy deputy prime minister Najib, to arrest and kill model Shaariibuu, "a water agent. "in 2006." I asked the deputy prime minister to capture and kill foreign agents, what he said was "shot dead" and gestured with his hand ", Azilah, 43, wrote in a statement. affidavit.

Najib denied the allegations and said it was a ploy of the ruling coalition Pakatan Harapan (Hope Alliance) to discredit and "silence" him.

Altantuya was shot dead and her body blown up by a military-grade C4 explosive in Shah Alam in 2006. She was believed to be the lover of Abdul Razak Baginda, a political analyst who has been advising Najib since 2000. to 2008.

Following her death, Hadri and another police officer, Sirul Azhar Umar, an elite Special Action Unit (UTK) member of the police were sentenced to death in 2009. appeals court ruling in August 2013, but the Federal Court reinstated the verdict in 2015.

Umar fled to Australia on bail in 2014. Hadri filed a testimony in the hope that the Federal Court would review the death penalty against him and expect the matter to be heard again. The court set a hearing on April 20 next year to hear Hadri speak.