Court overturns ruling admitting alleged bullies’ lawyers in Zara Qairina inquest

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Kota Kinabalu High Court judge Duncan Sikodol says the application to admit the lawyers as parties of interest may be resubmitted before the new coroner.   Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/09/02/court-overturns-ruling-admitting-alleged-bullies-lawyers-in-zara-qairina-inquest    Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #ZaraQairina

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00:00The Kotakinabalu High Court has overturned a coroner's decision allowing lawyers representing

00:08five teenagers accused of bullying Zahra Kairina Mahathir to be admitted as parties of interest

00:13in the inquest into the Form 1 student's death. However, the court ruled that the application

00:19could be resubmitted before the new coroner presiding over the case.

00:24Justice Duncan C. Codol explained that the coroner who had previously allowed the lawyers

00:29for the five teenagers to participate in the inquest had already recused herself on grounds

00:34of a potential conflict of interest. C. Codol said it was not appropriate for her to make

00:39substantive rulings on matters that should rightfully be decided by her successor and that

00:44doing so could undermine the principle of impartiality. Last Thursday, Sabah Court Director Azrina Aziz,

00:52acting as coroner, ruled that the inquest would proceed as scheduled under the new coroner

00:57sessions court judge, Amir Shah Amir Hassan. She also allowed the application admitting the

01:02lawyers for the five teenagers as parties of interest and granting them access to case documents.

01:07Natasha Bust, FMT.

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