<p class="title">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 policeman's lawyer.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Azilah Hadri and another police officer, who were serving on Najib's security at the time of the murder, were sentenced to death in 2015 for killing a 28-year-old model Altantuya Shaariibuu.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Malaysia's Federal Court will hear Azilah's application on April 20.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Azilah, in a court filing seeking to set aside his conviction, said that Najib had ordered him to "arrest and destroy" Shaariibuu, who the former premier had allegedly described as a foreign spy, news portal Malaysiakini reported on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"When I asked (Najib) what he meant by arrest and destroy the foreign spy, he responded: "Shoot to kill", indicating it with a 'slit the throat' gesture," Azilah said, according to Malaysiakini.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Azilah's lawyer J. Kuldeep Kumar on Tuesday confirmed the report but declined any further comments.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Najib, who lost a general election last year and is also facing charges of corruption on a massive scale, has denied recognizing the woman, but the suspense of who ordered the killing still lingers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Najib denied all allegations and accused the Malaysian government of using Azilah to orchestrate a political attack against him.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I have been told that this new tale will provide a way for the government to arrest and imprison me without bail, as no bail is allowed for murder cases," Najib said on his Facebook page.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Shaariibuu was shot dead and her body was blown up by military-grade explosives in a forest near Kuala Lumpur.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Civil society groups have alleged that her murder was linked to her role as an interpreter for Abdul Razak Baginda, a former associate of Najib, in link to Malaysia's purchase of two submarines from French shipbuilding giant DCNS in 2002.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Abdul Razak, who said he had an affair with Shaariibuu, was acquitted of abetting the murder in 2008.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sangeet Kaur Deo, a lawyer for Shaaribuu's family, called for a fresh probe into her death in light of Azilah's latest allegations.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The question was always who was behind it," she told the reporters.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"That was a question that hopefully will be answered now with the right investigation."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Azilah's co-accused, Sirul Azhar Uma, had fled to Australia shortly before his sentence was handed down.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He had said last year that he would cooperate with any new investigation into the murder if he was given a full pardon. </p>
<p class="title">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 policeman's lawyer.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Azilah Hadri and another police officer, who were serving on Najib's security at the time of the murder, were sentenced to death in 2015 for killing a 28-year-old model Altantuya Shaariibuu.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Malaysia's Federal Court will hear Azilah's application on April 20.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Azilah, in a court filing seeking to set aside his conviction, said that Najib had ordered him to "arrest and destroy" Shaariibuu, who the former premier had allegedly described as a foreign spy, news portal Malaysiakini reported on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"When I asked (Najib) what he meant by arrest and destroy the foreign spy, he responded: "Shoot to kill", indicating it with a 'slit the throat' gesture," Azilah said, according to Malaysiakini.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Azilah's lawyer J. Kuldeep Kumar on Tuesday confirmed the report but declined any further comments.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Najib, who lost a general election last year and is also facing charges of corruption on a massive scale, has denied recognizing the woman, but the suspense of who ordered the killing still lingers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Najib denied all allegations and accused the Malaysian government of using Azilah to orchestrate a political attack against him.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I have been told that this new tale will provide a way for the government to arrest and imprison me without bail, as no bail is allowed for murder cases," Najib said on his Facebook page.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Shaariibuu was shot dead and her body was blown up by military-grade explosives in a forest near Kuala Lumpur.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Civil society groups have alleged that her murder was linked to her role as an interpreter for Abdul Razak Baginda, a former associate of Najib, in link to Malaysia's purchase of two submarines from French shipbuilding giant DCNS in 2002.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Abdul Razak, who said he had an affair with Shaariibuu, was acquitted of abetting the murder in 2008.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sangeet Kaur Deo, a lawyer for Shaaribuu's family, called for a fresh probe into her death in light of Azilah's latest allegations.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The question was always who was behind it," she told the reporters.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"That was a question that hopefully will be answered now with the right investigation."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Azilah's co-accused, Sirul Azhar Uma, had fled to Australia shortly before his sentence was handed down.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He had said last year that he would cooperate with any new investigation into the murder if he was given a full pardon. </p>