KOTA KINABALU, Sept 2 — The inquest into the death of Form 1 student Zara Qairina Mahathir will start tomorrow at the Coroner’s Court here.
The 19-day proceedings, fixed for tomorrow and Thursday, September 8 to 12, September 17 to 19, and September 22 to 30, will be presided over by Sessions Court judge Amir Shah Amir Hassan, sitting as coroner.
Seventy witnesses, including the pathologist who conducted the post-mortem on the teenager, are expected to testify.
Deputy Prosecution Head II Datuk Badius Zaman Ahmad will lead the proceedings, assisted by deputy public prosecutors Nahra Dollah, Mohd Fairuz Johari, Dana Arabi Wazani, Sofia Sawayan and Dacia Jane Romanus, who will serve as conducting officers.
Zara Qairina, 13, was pronounced dead at Queen Elizabeth Hospital here on July 17. She had been admitted to the hospital after being found unconscious in a drain near her school dormitory in Papar at 4am on July 16.
On August 8, the AGC ordered the exhumation of Zara Qairina’s grave to allow for a post-mortem.
On August 13, the Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) announced that an inquest would be conducted into her death after reviewing the police investigation.
