KOTA KINABALU, Oct 12 — The mother of the late Zara Qairina Mahathir agreed with the medical expert’s explanation at the Coroner’s Court here today that the bruising on her daughter’s back observed while bathing the body was not caused by a blow, but rather by blood clotting.
Noraidah Lamat, 46, the 82nd witness in the inquest proceedings, said she was informed of this by a doctor on August 10 last year, after she had voiced concerns that the bruising might have resulted from being struck by a blunt object.
When asked by lawyer Abdul Fikry Jaafar Abdullah whether the bruising was indeed due to blood clotting as explained by the doctor rather than a blow, Noraidah replied: “That is correct, sir.”
