Samirah Told Explosion Of Handphone Caused Fire Which Killed Nazrin Court Hears

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Samirah Muzaffar at the High Court today. (Bernama pic)SHAH ALAM: Information on the outcome of the post-mortem on Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd CEO Nazrin Hassan was passed to his elder brother, Dr Abdul Aziz Hassan
The High Court was told today that health ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah had personally informed Aziz about this
Aziz, 59, who is the 18th prosecution witness, said Hisham sent him the information through WhatApp on June 18, 2018
Aziz said he then forwarded this to Nazrin’s wife, Samirah Muzaffar, 44, who is the first accused in the murder trial
Aziz also told the court that Hisham received the report from one Dr Siew, who did the post-mortem on Nazrin
The contents of the WhatsApp sent by Aziz to Samirah was read out in court by lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, representing Samirah, today
The information conveyed by Aziz to Samirah included that the explosion of a mobile phone caused the fire which killed Nazrin
“Samirah asked if Nazrin was in pain. You replied no
Dr Abdul Aziz Hassan.“He was sound asleep, unconscious,” said Shafee when reading out the contents of the WhatsApp message before Judge Ab Karim Ab Rahman here today
Earlier, Shafee submitted to the court three documents, which included a copy of the transcripts of the WhatsApp conversation between Samirah and Aziz and also between Samirah and a friend of Nazrin, named Shahrul Idzwan
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 are alleged to have committed the offence at a house in Mutiara Homes, Mutiara Damansara, between 11.30pm on June 13, 2018, and 4am on June 14, 2018

They are 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. - FMT

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