The mother of a Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) student who died during a reserve officers’ training unit exercise has filed a police report alleging possible foul play after discovering injuries on his body.
Ummu Haiman Bee Daulatgun said she was informed on July 28 that her son, Haris Samsudin, had died during a training session in Ulu Tiram, Johor. She received the call from a UTM lecturer at about 4.30pm.
However, upon viewing Haris’s body at the hospital, she said she saw severe bruising, blood oozing from his nose and eyes, and wounds resembling gunshot injuries, Malaysiakini reported.
She said the injuries appeared inconsistent with the explanations provided to her.
“One person said he had a seizure during a shooting practice, while another told a family member he died in a fight,” she was reported as telling a press conference at the office of lawyer Naran Singh in Ipoh today.
Ummu also claimed that she was initially stopped from taking photos and was only allowed to view part of her son’s body, but went ahead to document the injuries anyway.
Naran called for a full investigation and urged authorities to record statements from all trainees present during the exercise.
He also questioned the delay in the post-mortem which is pending.
Contacted later, Naran told FMT that UTM has yet to issue any official statement on the incident, five days after it occurred.
“We are still waiting for the full post-mortem report,” he said, when asked if the legal team planned to seek an independent forensic review.
