Expert tells court autopsy does not show navy cadet’s death due to burns

A FORENSIC expert told the High Court here today that the autopsy report of Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM) naval cadet officer Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain did not show that the continuity of major burns suffered by the victim had solely caused his death.

The 19th defence witness, Dr Rohayu Shahar Adnan, 49, head of Sungai Buloh Hospital Forensic Department said this was because the conclusions of Dr Salmah Arshad, a forensic expert from Serdang Hospital, were not supported by Salmah’s microscopic examination.