Zara driven to tears but strongly denied accusations of theft, inquest hears


KOTA KINABALU: Zara Qairina Mahathir was last seen crying and strongly denying that she was a thief shortly before she died, the Coroner's Court heard.

The eighth witness in the inquiry into the Form 1 student's death, Azhari Abd Sagap, 31, who is also the head warden of the hostel where the 13-year-old boarded was confronted by several peers and seniors from a neighbouring dormitory on the night of July 15, after allegations of things going missing surfaced.

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