KOTA KINABALU, Oct 13 — The mother of Zara Qairina Mahathir, Noraidah Lamat, did not want a post-mortem conducted on her daughter and refused to allow it, despite being briefed on the matter, the Coroner’s Court was told today.
Investigating officer Insp Wong Yew Zhung said he had informed and explained to Noraidah, 46, at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital that a post-mortem would be conducted to assist investigations into Zara Qairina’s death.
The 83rd witness in the inquest proceedings into the teenager’s death explained the post-mortem process to Noraidah once again, but she remained adamant, replying: “I don’t want it. I want to bury her (Zara Qairina) immediately.”
Wong said a photographer took several photographs during the meeting and at the hospital’s Neurosurgery ward for record and documentation purposes.
