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KUALA LUMPUR: A forensic consultant at a government hospital concluded that the death of the naval cadet officer of the Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM), Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain, was due to a bacterial infection in the chest and significant sequelae of burns.
The head of the Department of Forensic Medicine at Sungai Buloh Hospital, Dr. Rohayu Shahar Adnan, 49, said this while testifying in the High Court today during the defense process of 18 UPNM students on charges of murder, complicity and injuries. to Zulfarhan Osman.
When questioned by lawyer M. Ramachelvam, the 19th defense witness said that Zulfarhan’s death was not 100% caused by burns, but that there was an element of infection earlier and even worse with the loss of the surface of the skin from burns.
Ramachelvam: Based on the autopsy report, photos, and microscopic examination, can Dr. Rohayu conclude the cause of death?
Dr. Rohayu: Number one is “chest infection” because there is a bacterial infection in the lungs with inflammatory complications in the heart.
Number two, he said, was due to major burn sequelae, adding that this proved the deceased’s body’s immune system was weak.
On July 31 last year, the High Court ordered 18 UPNM students to come to his defense on charges of murder, conspiracy to assassinate and wounding Zulfarhan.
The five defendants, Muhammad Akmal Zuhairi Azmal, Muhammad Azamuddin Mad Sofi, Muhammad Najib Mohd Razi, Muhammad Afif Najmudin Azahat and Mohamad Shobirin Sabri face charges of murder by Zulfarhan, while Abdoul Hakeem Mohd Ali was charged with complicity in the murder.
The crime was allegedly committed in room 04-10, accommodation block, Jebat hostel, UPNM, between 4.45 and 5.45 in the morning of May 22, 2017.
The charges under Section 302 and Section 109 of the Penal Code establish the mandatory death sentence, upon conviction.
All six are also charged along with 12 others of willfully wounding Zulfarhan in order to extort money from him to confess to the theft of a laptop.
They are Mohd Hafiz Fauzan Ismail, Mohamad Lukhmanul Hakim Mohd Zain, Ahmad Shafwan Berdal, Muhammad Amirul Asraff Mala, Luqman Hakim Shamsuri, Muhammad Sufi Mohd Mustapha, Noriznan Izzairi Noor Azhar, Muhamad Ashraf Abdullah, Muhammad Danialhamadya Firdaus.
They were accused of intentionally causing harm to the victim, to obtain a confession that he had stolen a laptop, under article 330 of the Penal Code read together with article 34 of the same code that carries a maximum penalty of seven years in prison and a fine. .
The crime was allegedly committed in room 03-05, Jebat Hostel Block, UPNM, between 2.30 am and 5.30 am on May 21, 2017.
The trial before Judge Azman Abdullah continues on January 12.
