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Convicted Malaysian killer walks free in Australia

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A Malaysian policeman who blew a young mother to pieces walks free in Australia while her government in Mongolia pleads for justice – and her killer collects welfare benefits.

A Malaysian police officer who killed a young mother of two and blew her body to bits with military-grade explosives is walking free in Australia despite pleas to extradite him to face justice in his home country.

Sirul Azhar Umar claims he was ordered to kill Mongolian translator Altantuya Shaariibuu, 28, after she was caught up in a Malaysian corruption scandal but he fled to Australia and was detained in Sydney’s Villawood immigration detention centre.

[Sirul was released three years ago under the landmark NZYQ High Court ruling]( https://archive.is/o/ZM5tv/https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/killer-among-released-detainees-after-high-court-ruling/news-story/ac09fb267239cab59058fdb008175e7f ) banning indefinite immigration detention, his exact whereabouts unknown.

Like all the illegal immigrants released in 2023, Sirul is…

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