No drugs, pesticides detected in Nora Anne's body, says chemist


SEREMBAN (Bernama): A chemist told the Coroner’s Court here Wednesday (Sept 2) that drug analysis conducted on the three specimens obtained from the body of teenager Nora Anne Quoirin, including her liver, on Aug 19 last year, found no trace of common drugs or pesticides.

Suhana Ismail, 52, who works at the Chemistry Department's toxicology division, centre of analysis for forensic science, said she also performed a pesticide analysis – organophosphate and organochlorine – on the three specimens on the same date and also did not find any traces.

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