A Detailed Look at a Spectacular Malaysian Scandal

Kuala Lumpur-based senior lawyer mounts a crusade over a murdered woman

Perhaps more than any individual in Malaysia – or anywhere, for that matter – a 63-year-old lawyer named Americk Sidhu is dedicated to keeping alive the case of Altantuya Shaariibuu, a beautiful Mongolian woman who was slain in gruesome fashion in a patch of jungle near the suburban city of Shah Alam on the night of October 18, 2006, by two elite police…