PAPAR: The sixth day of the inquest into the death of Form One student Zara Qairina Mahathir began with a site inspection of the Rabiatul Adawiyah Block girls’ dormitory at Tun Datu Mustapha National Religious Secondary School.
Presiding Coroner and Sessions Court Judge Amir Shah Amir Hassan arrived at the scene at 9.15 am accompanied by several relevant parties.
The inquest’s conducting officers led by deputy public prosecutor II Datuk Badius Zaman Ahmad had arrived at the school earlier at 8.29 am.
A Forensic Police team and Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department Sabah personnel were also seen entering the school grounds before proceeding to the dormitory.
The session was expected to take between two and three hours before resuming at the Coroner’s Court at 2 pm.
Approximately twenty members of the media were present outside the school grounds as early as 7 am but were not permitted access to the school.
Zara Qairina, aged 13, died on July 17 at Queen Elizabeth Hospital where she had been admitted a day earlier after being found unconscious in a drain near her school hostel.
The Attorney General’s Chambers ordered her remains exhumed for a post-mortem on August 8 before announcing a formal inquest into her death on August 13. – Bernama
