Murdered Mongolian translator Altantuya’s father Shaariibuu Setev has made a passionate plea to the millions of Malaysians voting on Sunday: Please help bring justice for Altantuya, whose date of birth is May 6.

In a four paragraph statement, Shaariibuu said the two sons of his daughter, who was brutally murdered in Malaysia, have no mother since 2006.

“The children’s rights to call her ‘mother’ have been violated. Since the murder, we Mongolians have been waiting for an apology from Malaysians.

“The children have been waiting for access to and kind support from (Prime Minister) Mr Najib (Abdul Razak) for seven years.

“It is unfortunate, that the murder has lingered on, but it is still important to have a new court hearing and find justice.

“I would like to ask all Malaysians to vote for justice as the election is on the eve of Altantuya’s birthday, on May 6,” Shaariibuu says in the statement.

Had she been alive, Altantuya would be 35 years old on Monday.

Human rights NGO Suaram’s lawyer Fadiah Nadwa Fikri met with Shaariibuu last week, when she was in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbataar for a conference.

Shaariibuu met up with Fadiah and issued this statement that he wanted released in Malaysia.

Fadiah said she briefed Shaariibuu about the ongoing judicial inquiry in France, that the French investigation judge has promised to look into his daughter’s murder, apart from the payment of illegal commissions and kickbacks.

Altantuya was brutally murdered in a forest near Puncak Alam, near Shah Alam in Selangor, sometime between Oct 18 and 19, 2006.

Three people were charged with her murder, including two Special Action Force officers Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri and Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar.

Political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda, a close confidante of Najib, was charged with abetting in the murder.

However, Abdul Razak was acquitted without his defence being called while the two policemen were found guilty and sentenced to death.

The appeal against conviction and sentence by Azilah and Sirul is to be head by the Court of Appeal on June 11.