IPOH: Motorcycle ridden by the teenager who was killed after being rammed by a senior police officer’s car, was not his own, the High Court heard.
A witness testified that the motorcycle and the exhaust belonged to two different individuals who were the friends of the victim - Muhammad Zaharif Affendi Muhd Zamrie.
"The motorcycle belongs to someone else, Zaharif's friend. The exhaust also belongs to someone else," he said when cross-examined by defence lawyer M. Athimulan on the ninth day of the trial on Friday (Nov 15).
He was testifying in the murder trial of Deputy Supt Mohd Nazri Abdul Razak, who is accused of ramming his car into the 17-year-old student, leading to the teenager’s death.
The case is being heard in the High Court here before Justice Datuk Bhupindar Singh Gurcharan Singh Preet.
The defence team also consist of former Perak police chief Datuk Mior Faridalathrash Wahid, and Aiman Hakim Kamaruzzaman.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Afzainizam Abdul Aziz led the prosecution team comprising Nasrul Hadi Abdul Ghani, V. Suloshani and Low Qin Hui.
Athimulan asked the witness about the ownership of the motorcycle and exhaust used by the victim during the incident.
The witness then recounted how Zaharif had informed him earlier in the morning, that he had borrowed the exhaust from a friend.
"I know Zaharif borrowed the exhaust because in the morning, near the grocery shop around the street, Zaharif told me that he had borrowed the exhaust from a friend.
"His motorcycle was also lifted up after the incident as it was also borrowed from another friend," said the 15th witness of the prosecution.
"I have given the motorcycle key to the police and the exhaust back to the owner," he added.
Meanwhile, the 14th prosecution witness said that when he arrived at the scene, he overheard people saying that Zaharif had died.
"I heard people saying Zaharif is no more.
"I was close to him as we used to hang out and ride the motorcycle together," he said.
He also testified that both motorcycle and the exhaust belonged to friends of the victim.
"The motorcycle belonged to a friend I also knew and the exhaust wasn’t the original one for that motorcycle.
"The friend who lent it to Zaharif had once offered to sell it to me," he said, adding that he could identify the four-stroke exhaust.
The trial will continue on Monday (Dec 2).
