Video Of Zara Qairina Cycling Was Authentic, Coroner's Court Told

KOTA KINABALU, May 18 (Bernama) -- The Coroner’s Court here was told today that a video recording showing Zara Qairina Mahathir riding a bicycle on July 12 last year was authentic and had not been altered in any way.

Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) Computer Crime Investigation Unit analyst ASP Mohamad Zaidi Abu Hassan said technical analysis conducted on the recording confirmed that the video was original.

The 70th witness said this when responding to questions from lawyer Datuk Ram Singh, who referred to the video recording showing the girl cycling with a friend at 4.43 pm on July 12 last year.

However, Mohamad Zaidi said his analysis was unable to determine the exact location where the recording was made.

He also informed the court that several other videos had been extracted from the mobile phone he analysed, including a 29-second recording dated March 9, 2025, at 11.29 pm, as well as another one-second video recorded at 11.38 pm.

In addition, Mohamad Zaidi said WhatsApp conversations between July 12 and 13 last year extracted from a mobile phone labelled “WF11” comprised 3,285 pages of material.

“On July 12, I did not find what was requested (the text conversation),” he said before Coroner Amir Shah Amir Hassan.

. Zara Qairina, 13, died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on July 17, 2025, a day after she was found unconscious in a drain near her school dormitory at about 4 am.

On Aug 13 last year, the Attorney General's Chambers ordered an inquest to be conducted after reviewing the police investigation report.

Earlier, on Aug 8, the Attorney General's Chambers ordered the exhumation of Zara Qairina's remains to allow for a post-mortem examination.

-- BERNAMA