The High Court in Kuala Lumpur today accepted businessperson Deepak Jaikishian's first defence statement in the suit filed by A Santamil Selvi, the widow of the late P Balasubramaniam, linked to the murder of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu.

Deepak, through his new counsel Vinod Kamalamathan, today consented to Santamil Selvi's request that his first defence be accepted, and his second defence statement rejected...