Malaysia’s Najib Ordered Killing of Mongolian Model, Says Former Bodyguard

Malaysia’s Najib Ordered Killing of Mongolian Model, Says Former Bodyguard
Former Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak leaves Kuala Lumpur High Court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July 15, 2019. Lim Huey Teng/Reuters
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KUALA LUMPUR—A Malaysian police officer on death row for the 2006 slaying of a Mongolian model, has accused former prime minister Najib Razak of ordering him to kill the woman, according to media reports and the policeman’s lawyer.

Azilah Hadri and another police officer, who were serving on Najib’s security detail at the time of the murder, were sentenced to death in 2015 for killing 28-year-old Altantuya Shaariibuu.