MURDER accused Samirah Muzaffar did not show any signs of grief when firefighters turned up at her home last year, a witness told the murder trial of Cradle Fund CEO Nazrin Hassan at the Shah Alam High Court this morning.

Firefighter Mohamad Afzan Majid, who is the sixth witness in the trial, said it was unusual for a victim who had lost a close family member to be so composed.

“We arrived at 12.46pm on June 14 last year, I saw a woman waving at us.

“She introduced herself as the houseowner and told us her husband was in the room. She appeared calm and did not look sad,” said Afzam while reading his witness statement.

He said his team went to the upper floor of the house in Mutiara Damansara, to put out the fire.

“When we went up, there was already smoke, thick smoke, and at that moment the first accused (Samirah) tried to push herself into the room. 

“I had to prevent her from going in as it was dangerous. We were trying to fight the fire to get the smoke out of the room,” Afzan said.

After the fire was put out, Samirah then asked for Afzan’s permission to see the body of her husband.

“The permission was given by my superior. I accompanied the first accused into the room. I stood behind her and I saw her inspecting her husband’s head.”

Afzan added that he then brought Samirah downstairs where she went straight to the kitchen to make milk for her toddler son.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Ashraf Ashy’ari asked the witness if it was normal for someone to be calm after losing a family member.

“In my experience, usually a victim would scream, wail and weep but not Samirah. When we arrived, she was not in grief,” said Afzan who added he had put out more than 500 fires in his 22-year career.

Ashraf asked if Samirah said anything when she tried to push herself into the room.

“From her body language, I assumed she was trying to force herself into the room, but she did not say anything,” Afzan replied.

Samirah is accused, along with with her two teenage sons, of killing her husband, Cradle Fund CEO Nazrin Hassan, and covering it up by saying that he had died in a fire caused by a handphone that had exploded.

A Nepali security guard who was the fourth witness, had earlier told the trial that Samirah pleaded with him to save her husband who was in the room.

Trial resumes this afternoon. – October 2, 2019.