breaking news updated at 6pm Veteran DAP leader and Ipoh Timur MP Lim Kit Siang has submitted an emergency motion to seek parliamentary debate on blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin’s latest allegations over the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder.

In the notice submitted to Dewan Rakyat Speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia’s office yesterday, the seasoned politician said the matter is urgent and of public importance to be debated in the House.

He noted this is because a statutory declaration signed by Raja Petra on June 18 has implicated Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, his deputy Najib Abdul Razak and wife Rosmah Mansor in the case.

lim kit siang 030606 “The credibility and legitimacy of the Abdullah premiership and government will suffer a mortal blow if the prime minister, deputy prime minister and Rosmah continue to remain silent on Raja Petra’s bombshell allegations in his statutory declaration,” Lim said in the motion.

The speaker is expected to decide tomorrow on whether or not to allow the motion, as notice of two days is required in tabling an emergency motion.

The speaker needs to be satisfied that three conditions are met - that the matter is definite, urgent and of public importance - before he sets aside proceedings and allocates an hour for the motion to be debated.

najib abdullah 100408 Both Abdullah and Najib were present in the House today but did not speak to the reporters.

Najib and Rosmah have repeatedly denied that they are inked to the killing of Altantuya, having previously described the widely-known allegations as nothing more than “slander and concocted stories”.

Blogger names individuals

In his two-page statutory declaration , Raja Petra alleged that Rosmah was among three individuals who were at the scene when Altantuya was murdered on Oct 19, 2006.

He named the two other individuals as acting colonel Aziz Buyong, who is described as ‘a C4 expert’ and the latter’s wife, known only as Norhayati, who is also said to be Rosmah’s aide de camp .

Last week, an aide to Najib described Raja Petra’s latest claims as “mind-boggling”.

Raja Petra further alleged that Abdullah, his son-in-law Khairy Jamaluddin and a Malay Ruler have been briefed on the matter and are fully aware of the allegation against Rosmah.

He alleged that Abdullah has handed over a written report from military intelligence on the matter to Khairy for “safekeeping”.

mongolian woman bombed altantuya 081106 Altantuya’s body is alleged to have been blown up with C4 explosives at a secondary forest in Puncak Alam, Shah Alam.

Two police special operations force personnel and political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda have claimed trial to the murder of the Mongolian national.

They face the death sentence should they be found guilty.