KUALA LUMPUR: The mother of trainee cadet Syamsul Haris Shamsuddin, who died during training last month, is seeking to exhume his body for a second post-mortem.
Ummu Haiman Bee Daulatgun, 45, filed a notice of motion at the Shah Alam High Court on Thursday for an order to compel the police to carry out the exhumation of her son’s remains.
Ummu Haiman named Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Mohd Khalid Ismail and Attorney General Tan Sri Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar as respondents.
In the court documents, Ummu Haiman is seeking an order for Hospital Kuala Lumpur forensic experts to conduct the post-mortem in the presence of forensic expert Datuk Seri Dr Bhupinder Singh and her appointed lawyer Datuk Naran Singh.
She is also requesting that the experts produce their report within a month after post-mortem, 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 believe there are criminal elements in Syamsul Haris’ death as there were many contradictions surrounding his death,” the document stated.
Ummu Haiman and her family said they were unable to view the body in its entirety as 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 died while training at the Army Combat Training Centre in Ulu Tiram on July 28.
Johor police had said that a post-mortem found no signs of criminal injury but Ummu Haiman publicly called for an inquiry after finding “mysterious bruises” on her son’s body.
