KAJANG: Family members of the late Palapes cadet Syamsul Haris Shamsudin gathered outside Kampung Rinching Hulu Muslim Cemetery today, holding placards calling for justice for the 22-year-old as authorities carried out the exhumation.
Syamsul Haris’s mother, Ummu Haiman Bee Daulatgun, arrived at 7.42am in a dark blue Mercedes, accompanied by lawyer Datuk Naran Singh Ara Singh.
Only immediate family members were allowed into the burial grounds, while others, including media personnel and relatives, were restricted to waiting outside the main gate, which was heavily secured by police officers.
Vehicles carrying the forensic team were seen entering the cemetery at 8.02am.
Members of the public were also present near the compound to witness the proceedings.
The exhumation follows an order by the Shah Alam High Court on Tuesday, granted after an application by Ummu Haiman.
Judge Datuk Bhupindar Singh Gucharan Singh Preet approved the request for a second post-mortem and proposed an inquest into Syamsul Haris’s death.
Lawyer Naran Singh had earlier told a news portal that the exhumation would be conducted in the presence of Ummu Haiman, forensic expert Dr Bhupinder Singh, enforcement authorities, and officers from the Selangor Islamic Religious Department.
The remains are expected to be taken to the National Institute of Forensic Medicine (IPFN) at Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) for the second post-mortem examination.
On August 19, Ummu Haiman filed an application to exhume her son’s remains and requested that inquest proceedings be initiated.
Syamsul Haris died on July 28 at Hospital Kota Tinggi, Johor, while undergoing training at the Army Combat Training Centre in Ulu Tiram.
He was buried on July 29 at Kampung Rinching Hulu Muslim Cemetery.
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