KUALA LUMPUR: The mother of trainee cadet Syamsul Haris Shamsuddin who died during training last month wants to exhume her son's body for a second post mortem.
Ummu Haiman Bee Daulatgun, 45, filed a notice of motion at the Shah Alam High Court on Thursday (Aug 14) for a court order to compel the police to carry out the exhumation of her son.
The notice was filed through Messrs Naran Singh & Co.
Ummu Haiman named the Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Mohd Khalid Ismail and Attorney General Tan Sri Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar as respondents.
In the court papers, Ummu Haiman also sought an order for the Hospital Kuala forensics expert to conduct the post mortem in the presence of forensics expert Datuk Seri Dr Bhupinder Singh and her appointed lawyer Datuk Naran Singh.
She also sought an order for the experts to produce their post-mortem report in a month after the post-mortem is conducted and that a copy of the report be given to the law firm.
Ummu Haiman is also seeking for a special task force to be set up to investigate her son's death and for an inquest to be held.
"The first post-mortem was not conducted by an expert but only by a UD10 grade medical officer.
"The applicant and her family believes there are criminal elements in Syamsul Haris's death as there were many contradictions surrounding his death," the document said.
Ummu Haiman and her family stated that they were unable to view the body in its entirety when the body was held at the Forensics Department.
"The body was carried out in a sealed coffin and after the applicant insisted, only then the coffin was opened but only the face was shown to the family," it added.
Syamsul Haris, 22, from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) had died while training at the Army Combat Training Centre (Pulada) in Ulu Tiram on July 28.
Johor police had said that an autopsy found no signs of criminal injury but Ummu Haiman has publicly called for an inquiry after noticing “mysterious bruises” on her son’s body.
