'Sirul didn't kill anyone when he guarded me'

Nigel AwPublished: Apr 4, 2015 11:00 AM | Updated: Apr 4, 2015 2:19 PM

Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad today revealed that convicted murderer Sirul Azhar Umar had also served as his own bodyguard before.

However, Mahathir said when the former Special Action Unit commando had worked for him Sirul had not ended up murdering anyone.

UPDATED 2.13PM Ex-PM says not fair to hang a person for following orders.

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