00:00The High Court has ordered for the body of University Technology Malaysia Cadet Shamsul
00:06Hari Shamsuddin to be exhumed for a second post-mortem under the supervision of the
00:10Inspector General of Police or his officers. Justice Bupindar Singh Gujaran Singh Preet made
00:17the ruling after allowing a motion filed by the deceased's mother, Ummu Haiman B. Dalatgun,
00:22which named IGP Khalid Ismail and Attorney General Dusuki Mukhtar as the respondents.
00:27He also ordered a forensic expert from Kuala Lumpur Hospital to conduct a post-mortem within
00:3314 days of the exhumation and in the presence of a senior forensic pathologist, Dr. Bupindar Singh,
00:39and the family's appointed lawyer or a representative from Messrs. Naran Singh & Co.
00:44The post-mortem report must be produced within a reasonable time and a copy of the report given
00:49to the family's lawyer. Ummu claimed that the initial post-mortem was not done by a hospital
00:55forensic specialist but by a UD-10 grade medical officer and that she and her family were not
01:01allowed to view the full body. Shamsul died on July 28 under unclear circumstances while
01:07undergoing palapest training at the Army Combat Training Center in Urutiram, Johor. He was said to
01:13have experienced a seizure before his death. Ummu, however, alleged that her son's body showed bruises
01:19and injuries consistent with physical assault rather than a seizure. On August 13th, Defense Minister
01:25Khalid Norden said authorities found no sign that the late cadet was physically abused.
01:29Dhanush Royce Reza, FMT.
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