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PETALING JAYA: The defense in the murder trial of Cradle Fund CEO Nazrin Hassan told the High Court here today that the 29th prosecution witness’s statement could be described as mere hearsay evidence.
The witness, Eliza Elias, 44, who is also vice president of Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd (marketing and ecosystem development), read the witness’s statement before Judge Ab Karim Ab Rahman.
Lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, in his argument, said that the evidence presented by Eliza through her witness’s statement was also considered unrelated to the murder case.
“According to paragraph nine (in the witness statement), she said that Nazrin told her that there were items in her house that were bought abroad: an iPad and a laptop that were damaged.
“In paragraph seven, the witness stated that Nazrin’s son had spent the night at Nazrin’s house but that he did not like the house. He was there because he didn’t want to offend Nazrin.
“These events (as stated in a witness statement) have nothing to do with the case (the murder of Nazrin). They are not related to that case either. I don’t see what they have to do with the case. She obviously heard it from Nazrin or her son, ”he said.
Shafee said Eliza, through her witness statement, also testified that Nazrin had told her that she had used her salary to pay rent, children’s expenses, and credit cards. These were also unrelated to the murder case.
“If I cross-examine, the witness can say that (the information in her witness statement) is what Nazrin had told her,” she said.
In her statement, Eliza, among others, also stated that she had known Nazrin since 2006, that they had worked together in a company before joining the Cradle Fund. She also related the story of her former employer who was not a short-tempered person but was firm, as well as Nazrin’s married life.
Deputy Prosecutor Mohd Asnawi Abu Hanipah, in his argument, defended the witness statement by saying that all the evidence was factual about what Nazrin had told Eliza, as well as showing the relationship between the two.
“These are facts that the witness said Nazrin told him. It’s also about the relationship between Nazrin and the people in his house. It is a direct test. The court can accept these facts, depending on other evidence. “
Judge Karim then ordered that the witness’s additional evidence be temporarily postponed for the defense to file an objection to the court against his witness statement.
On March 12, 2019, Nazrin’s wife, Samirah Muzaffar, 45, a former senior executive of the Malaysian Intellectual Property Corporation, and two teenagers, 17 and 14, along with an Indonesian, Eka Wahyu Lestari, still on the run, they were charged with the Nazrin charges. murder.
They were accused of committing the act in a house in Mutiara Damansara between 11:30 p.m. on June 13 and 4 a.m. on June 14, 2018.
The trial continues on October 16.
