Husband raised his voice at police officer.
A former investigating officer broke down in tears as she recounted how Ismanira Abdul Manaf, the mother of late Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matin, showed no emotion when interviewed on Dec 5, 2023, the day the autistic boy went missing.

Inspector Nina Syamimi Syamsuddin, 33, the fourth prosecution witness, choked on her words and took several minutes to regain composure after Sessions Court judge Dr Syahliza Warnoh had a court interpreter hand her some tissue.
Nina, who was then attached to the Petaling Jaya district police headquarters’ Criminal Investigation Department, was asked by deputy public prosecutor Aqharie Durranie Aziz to describe Ismanira’s emotional state when she had her statement recorded at Apartment Idaman, Damansara Damai, on the same day.
After wiping her tears, Nina said: “She (Ismanira) was blank.”
Asked by Aqharie what she meant by blank, Nina said: “What I meant was she was emotionless.
“There was no reaction at all, at that time. My questions (to her) were not answered.”
Nina said at about 5.51pm that day, she received a Kota Damansara police report and Corporal Nurul Khairina Mohammad Zuki of the Sri Damansara police station had telephoned her informing that it was from a complainant named Ismanira who said her son aged 6 had gone missing while they were at Block R.
Nina said while on the same line, she had asked to speak to the complainant on the phone.
“When I spoke to the complainant, I had asked one question. It was on when the missing person, I was referring to her child, had disappeared.
“She said the child had been missing since 12pm on that day.
“I had asked the complainant why she was late in making a police report. She said she had tried to search the surroundings and then called her husband who was at work and sought advice from her neighbours, who told her to make a police report.
“I asked the complainant to come to the investigating officer’s office at the Petaling Jaya district headquarters to have her statement recorded,” she said.
Nina said at 7pm, she received a call from the head of Block R who had tipped her off on a child who had caught a glimpse of the missing boy at the building.
“I had asked the complainant to return home to Block R to verify if the information was true. But she insisted on meeting me at my office.
“Then I spoke to her husband and he had raised his voice at me and insisted on meeting me at the office first,” she said.
She said she headed to the scene and met with the complainant and asked her to sign a Nur Alert document for dissemination of information on the missing boy.
“The complainant had also said she disseminated information on her missing son on Facebook,” she said.
Nina said she had also recorded the complainant’s statement and asked to recount what had happened.
“She told me when returning home, the autistic boy did not want to go home and wanted to play at the swing.
“The complainant said she went to the staircase with the autistic boy who was walking behind her, but she did not hear her footsteps. When she looked behind, the boy was gone.
“She had her hands full with stuff she had just bought. She left them at the staircase and tried to search around Block R until 1pm.
“She then decided to contact her husband who was at work and told him of the incident,” she said.
In June last year, Ismanira and her husband Zaim Ikhwan Zahari, both 30, claimed trial to a joint charge of neglect which may have caused physical injury to their eldest son.
They pleaded not guilty to the alleged offence committed from 12pm on Dec 5, 2023, until about 9.55pm on Dec 6, 2023, around the area of Jalan PJU 10/1 in Damansara Damai. – NST