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| Banting murder trial: Specimens likely to be human bone |
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| Wednesday, 16 November 2011 08:50am | |
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©The New Straits Times (Used by permission) SHAH ALAM: Twenty-five bone specimens found during the Banting murder investigations are most likely that of humans. Radiologist Dr Zaleha Abd Manaf, however, told the High Court yesterday that her findings were not always 100 per cent accurate. She made this admission when counsel Manjeet Singh Dhillon pointed out that she had found one of the bone fragment to be part of the rib bone. Manjeet: You said this is a rib bone. Is this after looking at the X-rays? Dr Zaleha: Yes. I also did a physical examination on the sample. Manjeet: I put to you that this is part of a foot or hand bone. Dr Zaleha: I disagree. Manjeet: Then why did Dr Nurliza (Dr Nurliza Abdullah, a forensic anthropologist from HKL forensic department) said it is a hand or foot bone? Dr Zaleha: If she said it is so, then she would be more accurate as she's a bone expert. She said her findings were not always 100 per cent correct and that two people looking at the same object could come up with different findings. Dr Zaleha, 52, is testifying in the trial of lawyer N. Pathmanabhan, 41, and his farmhands - T. Thilaiyalagan, 19; R. Matan, 20; and R. Kathayarayan, 30 - who are charged with the murders of Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya, 47; driver Kamaruddin Shansuddin, 44; Noorhisham Mohamad, 38; and lawyer Ahmad Kamil, 32, at a farm in Tanjung Sepat, Banting, on Aug 30, last year. The witness also said that Dr Nurliza instructed her to examine 31 X-ray films on Sept 22, 2011. Manjeet said Dr Nurliza had told the court that she received 2,040 samples and these were captured on the X-ray films. "Out of which, you said 25 specimens, captured on 10 of the X-ray films, were most probably humans. What about the 2,015 samples?" asked Manjeet. Dr Zaleha replied that she could not make out whether the rest of the bone fragments were humans. Hearing continues before judge Datuk Akhtar Tahir today. Set as favourite Share Email This Comments (0)
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