Mother declined post-mortem for Zara Qairina, inquest hears


KOTA KINABALU: A doctor told the Coroner’s Court that he had advised the mother of 13-year-old Zara Qairina Mahathir to agree to a post-mortem examination, but she insisted on refusing.

Forensic medicine officer Dr Logaraj Ratha, 33, testified that he met Zara Qairina’s mother, Noraidah Lamat, at Queen Elizabeth Hospital II (QEH II) on July 17, on the day of the teenager’s death.

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