NAZRIN Hassan died of multiple head injuries but not from a handphone which allegedly exploded while it was being charged next to the former Cradle Fund CEO’s bed, a second post-mortem revealed.

The Malaysian Insight also learnt that the second autopsy report revealed the victim did not sustain blast injuries to the head as stated in the first post-mortem conducted by pathologists at Kuala Lumpur Hospital.

This was revealed by Nazrin’s family members who were briefed by police last week of the latest developments in the investigations into the case.

“We were briefed that the autopsy report is ready. 

“We were told that the cause of death was multiple head injuries and not injuries caused by a blast.

“We were also told that the autopsy report has been sent to the Attorney-General’s Chambers for further instructions,” a family member told The Malaysian Insight.

The family member added that all they wanted is justice for their brother and hope that the attorney-general will decide soon on the next course of action.

Selangor police chief Noor Azam Jamaluddin confirmed that the post-mortem results have been submitted to the AGC. He, however, refused to divulge further details.

Nazrin, 45, died in a fire in his room at his Mutiara Damansara home in Petaling Jaya on June 14 last year, on the eve of Hari Raya.

A viral message was later sent out stating that he died from a mobile phone explosion which was being charged next to the bed.

This was supported by the results of the first post-mortem, where it stated that Nazrin died from blast injuries caused by a mobile phone but investigators from the Fire and Rescue Department later discovered traces of petrol in the bedroom.

Police then reclassified the case as murder and arrested several family members.

Police detained Nazrin’s wife, Samirah Muzaffar and her former husband before apprehending two of her sons as well as her sister and brother-in-law. All were later released on bail.

On October 1 last year, police applied for a court order to exhume Nazrin’s body from the Section 9 Muslim Cemetery in Kota Damansara to hold a second post-mortem.

The exhumation was conducted on October 8 and the remains taken to University Malaya Medical Centre for the second post-mortem.

Samirah tried to block the exhumation but the application was dismissed by the Court of Appeal.

A three-man bench, chaired by Mohtarudin Baki, dismissed Samirah’s application on grounds that the application had no merit and upheld an order issued by the high court on October 4 allowing the police to exhume the body. – February 26, 2019.