The temporary evidence room used to store evidence taken from the Cradle Fund chief executive officer (CEO) Nazrin Hassan’s bedroom did not have a written standard operating procedure (SOP) to control the entry/exit of evidence from the room, the high court was told today.
The prosecution’s 23rd witness, Fire Officer Che Daud Adli Yusof@Che Man, 55, said ever since he took over the responsibility of securing the room in 2016, no efforts were made to record all types of evidence kept in the room, let alone the name of officers who brought it in or took it out.
“The temporary evidence room is used to keep all evidence taken from any crime scene if the lab is closed for public holidays. The room equipped with air-conditioning unit and a chiller,” he said during cross-examination by lead defence counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah before Judge Datuk Ab Karim Ab Rahman.
Earlier, Shafee asked the fire officer whether there was a specific SOP for the room located at the Fire Investigation Division’s Office of the Selangor Fire and Rescue Department headquarters to ensure all evidence remain untainted.
Meanwhile, Che Daud Adli said he was on leave when the case’s investigating officer came to keep some evidence in the room.
“On June 14, 2018, I was on leave and returned to my hometown in Kelantan when the investigating officer Abdul Halim Zulkefeli contacted me saying that he wanted to keep some evidence in the temporary evidence room as the lab was closed for Hari Raya. I told him exactly where he could find the duplicate key to the room, which I hid in a drawer,” he said.
Che Daud Adli said apart from him, two of his immediate superiors also knew the location of the duplicate key.
On March 12, Samirah, a former senior executive at the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO), and two teenagers aged 17 and 14 were charged, along with Indonesian citizen, Eka Wahyu Lestari, who is still at large, with Nazrin’s murder.
They were accused of committing the offence at a house in Mutiara Homes, Mutiara Damansara, between 11.30pm on June 13, 2018, and 4am on June 14, 2018.
They were charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 34 of the same law, and face the mandatory death sentence if found guilty.
The trial continues Monday.
Earlier reports:
Jun 12, Cradle Fund CEO Murder Trial: Death Cert Details Prompted Request for Exhumation
Jun 9, Cradle Fund CEO Murder Trial: Hole in CEO’s Head Aroused Sister’s Suspicions
May 22, Cradle Fund CEO Murder Trial: Blackberry Phone Did Not Explode
May 15, Cradle Fund CEO Murder Trial: Three Fire Origins Detected at Burnt Home
Feb 15, Cradle Fund CEO Murder Trial: Sibling Aware of Death Threat Against Nazrin
Dec 31, Cradle Fund CEO Murder Trial: Widow Refused to Allow Insurance to Pay Deceased’s Debts
Dec 28, Cradle Fund CEO Murder Trial: Brother Gets Info on Post-Mortem from Health DG
Dec 27, Cradle Fund CEO Murder Trial: Blog Allegedly Penned by Nazrin About Brother
Dec 24, Cradle Fund CEO Murder Trial: Witness Never Heard of Fire from Exploding BlackBerry
Dec 17, Cradle Fund CEO Murder Trial: Tense Atmosphere
Dec 3, Cradle Fund CEO Murder Trial: Fire Originated in Two Places
Nov 29, Cradle Fund CEO Murder Trial: Another Witness Accused of Lying
Nov 15, Cradle Fund CEO Murder Trial: Heated Exchange Between Witness and Lawyer Shafee
Nov 8, Cradle Fund CEO Murder Trial: Nazrin’s Body Not Typical of Fire Victim
Oct 3, Fireman: Cradle Fund CEO Had Holes on Head, Fireworks Found in Victim’s Room
Oct 3, Cradle Fund CEO Murder Trial: Samirah’s Son Filed Police Report of Cops Lying to Him
Oct 2, Cradle Fund CEO Murder Trial: Fireman Says Widow Didn’t Seem Sad at His Death
Sept 28, Cradle Fund CEO Murder Trial: Cop Saw Head and Face Injuries on Deceased
Sept 20, Cradle Fund CEO Murder Trial: Public Entered House After Fire
Sept 20, Cradle Fund CEO Murder Trial: Cop Who Received Call on Fire, Photographer Testify
Sept 13, Cradle Fund CEO Murder Trial: Guard Tried to Break Down Bedroom Door
Sept 6, Prosecution to Prove Widow. Stepsons Killed Cradle Fund CEO