Family differences should be set aside to find out the truth behind the death of Cradle Fund CEO Nazrin Hassan, said his elder brother, Dr Malek Hassan.
The 60-year-old doctor initiated the process to exhume Nazrin’s remains when he lodged a police report on Monday, stating that the findings of the post-mortem by Kuala Lumpur Hospital were flawed.
Acting on his report, police sought a court order to exhume the remains, to carry out a second autopsy.
But that decision was challenged by Nazrin’s widow Samirah Muzaffar at the Shah Alam High Court on Thursday.
High court judge Ab Karim Ab Rahman allowed for Nazrin’s remains to be exhumed after reviewing the previous order made by a magistrate.
The judge ruled that while the magistrate’s order for an exhumation was correct, it was made under the wrong legal provisions. The judge varied the order, and allowed the exhumation to proceed.
Dr Malek told The Malaysian Insight that his family want nothing more than to know the real cause of death, and why.
“We want justice, that is all. I believe the other side (Samirah’s family), too, wants the same thing, ” he told The Malaysian Insight.
Dr Malek, however, said both families have stopped talking to each other since Nazrin’s death on the eve of Hari Raya Aidilfitri in June.
“We are not communicating. We were also not informed about the objections raised over the second autopsy on Thursday.
“I did not ask them why, and they did not tell me why.”
A police officer informed the family of Samirah’s court action, Dr Malek said.
“I am glad that it is over. The exhumation will proceed on Monday, and I will be there,” said the doctor, who is based in Johor.
Samirah’s lawyer, Hisyam Teh Poh Teik, said the application was made as the previous (magistrate’s) order was based on the wrong laws.
Nazrin was found dead after his bedroom at a double-storey terrace house in Mutiara Damansara caught fire on June 14.
His family previously said his handphone had exploded, causing the blaze. Cradle Fund also issued a statement, saying its CEO died from blast injuries attributed to an exploding handphone being charged next to the bed.
Dr Malek, who saw Nazrin’s body after the first post-mortem, told The Malaysian Insight that he noticed a wound on the left side of the head that was too big and deep to have been caused by a blunt object like a handphone.
“The injury to Nazrin’s head could only have been caused by a sharp object, as the wound was deep.”
In the course of investigations, police detained Samirah, a senior executive at the Malaysian Intellectual Property Corporation, her ex-husband, their two teenage sons, Samirah’s sister and brother-in-law. They were all released on bail.
All the suspects are from Samirah’s side of the family. – TMI
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