Crowd gathers in rain for Zara Qairina’s exhumation

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Despite heavy rain, a crowd gathered at the Tanjung Ubi Muslim Cemetery in Mesapol, Sipitang, in Sabah on Saturday (Aug 9) to witness the exhumation of 13-year-old Zara Qairina Mahathir’s body.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/4wvtcw3t  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Despite heavy rain, a large crowd gathered at the Tanjung Ubi Muslim Cemetery in Mesapol

00:06Sipithang on Saturday evening to witness the exhumation of 13-year-old Zahra Kairina Mahathir's

00:12body. A Burnamah check found that visitors carrying umbrellas were barred from entering

00:17to ensure the process ran smoothly. The police forensic team arrived at 4.56pm and the exhumation

00:24officially began at 6pm. Hamid Ismail, a lawyer representing Zahra Kairina's mother, Noraida

00:31Lamat, said her remains will be sent to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Kota Kinabalu. Home Minister

00:38Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said the exhumation was being conducted without delay

00:44to assist the investigation into the teenager's death. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim

00:50has also pledged a transparent investigation, stressing that no one will be shielded from

00:56scrutiny. Zahra Kairina died on July 17, a day after she was found unconscious and critically

01:02injured in a drain near her school dormitory in Papar at 4am.

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