THE criminal investigation by French authorities into the death of Nora Anne Quoirin is standard practice in overseas cases involving French nationals, the Lucie Blackman Trust said in a statement on behalf of the family today.

“Ongoing investigations in France will remain underway as is standard practice in overseas cases involving French citizens. Whilst investigations are underway, we continue to urge an end to public speculation,” it said.

The family is still accepting any information from the public that can help explain Nora’s disappearance on August 4 and her subsequent death.

The statement said the police hotline remained open for the public for this purpose.

It also said the Quoirins would be bringing Nora’s body home where she would be laid to rest, but did not specify when this would take place.

On Tuesday, Nora was found dead near a jungle stream, about 2km from The Dusun resort where she and her family had checked in on August 3 before her disappearance was discovered the next day.

Police said the post-mortem yesterday revealed that she had died of a ruptured intestine caused by starvation, and ruled out foul play.

Reuters then reported that the Paris prosecutor’s office opened a criminal probe into the girl’s death.

Nora’s father is French while her mother is Irish.

Meanwhile, in the same statement, Nora’s family said they are hoping for more answers into the death of their 15-year-old daughter.

The family said they are still struggling to understand the events of the last 10 days. 

“The initial post-mortem results have given some information that helped us to understand Nóra’s cause of death.

“But our beautiful innocent girl died in extremely complex circumstances and we are hoping that soon we will have more answers to our many questions.

“We are still struggling to understand the events of the last 10 days,” the family said.

The family also thanked Malaysian authorities for their support and cooperation with international governments and police in the ongoing investigations.

Deputy Prime Minister Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail earlier today visited the family in Seremban. Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Hannah Yeoh also visited the family on Tuesday and offered counselling services by the Social Welfare Department.

The Lucie Blackman Trust, a UK charity which assists British nationals in crisis abroad, also said today that no reward money was paid out in relation to the discovery of Nora’s body.

The family had earlier offered a £10,000 (RM50,800) reward in the search for Nora. – August 16, 2019.