00:00Despite heavy rain, a large crowd gathered at the Tanjung Ubi Muslim Cemetery in Mesapol
00:06Sipithang on Saturday evening to witness the exhumation of 13-year-old Zahra Kairina Mahathir's
00:12body. A Burnamah check found that visitors carrying umbrellas were barred from entering
00:17to ensure the process ran smoothly. The police forensic team arrived at 4.56pm and the exhumation
00:24officially began at 6pm. Hamid Ismail, a lawyer representing Zahra Kairina's mother, Noraida
00:31Lamat, said her remains will be sent to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Kota Kinabalu. Home Minister
00:38Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said the exhumation was being conducted without delay
00:44to assist the investigation into the teenager's death. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim
00:50has also pledged a transparent investigation, stressing that no one will be shielded from
00:56scrutiny. Zahra Kairina died on July 17, a day after she was found unconscious and critically
01:02injured in a drain near her school dormitory in Papar at 4am.
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