00:00The Sessions Court in Pertaling Jaya was told that traces of blood were found in the room
00:07and bathroom of the late Zayn Rayyan Abdul-Matin's home at Block R, Edaman apartment, Damansara
00:13Damai, during a luminal test conducted by the police forensic team. ASP Mohamed Hafizi Ismail,
00:20who was then a senior investigation officer at the Pertaling Jaya police headquarters,
00:25said the test was conducted at night on December 9, 2023, at the boys' home and several nearby units.
00:34Testifying on the 17th day of the trial of Zayn Rayyan's parents, Isma Neera Abdul-Manaf and Zaim
00:41Ikhwan Zahari, Hafizi said traces of blood were detected in the child's room while blood or DNA
00:48evidence was also found in the bathroom. However, he could not confirm the source of the blood in the
00:54room. He said Isma Neera had previously told him that her son, who had autism, would occasionally
01:00suffer nosebleeds and smear blood or mucus on the walls and other parts of the house.
01:06She also mentioned that he once bled after cutting himself with a razor blade in the bathroom.
01:11However, a chemistry report later confirmed that the blood found in the bathroom belonged to Zaim
01:16Ikhwan. Hafizi, now an operations intelligence officer at the South Klang police headquarters,
01:24was the 28th prosecution witness in the trial before Judge Dr. Shahliza Warno.
01:30On June 13, 2024, both parents, aged 30, pleaded not guilty to a charge of neglecting their six-year-old
01:40son in a manner likely to cause physical harm. The alleged offence took place between noon on
01:46December 5 and 9.55 p.m. on December 6, 2023. Zane Rayyan was reported missing on December 5 and was
01:55found dead the following day in a stream near his home. The trial resumes at 2 p.m. on Tuesday.
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