Dr. Malek Hassan, the older brother of Nazrin Hassan, the Cradle Fund CEO who died in June, has said that he believes that the findings of his initial postmortem report were “not right.” He is the family member responsible for asking for his remains to be exhumed, and for a second autopsy to be performed.
A medical doctor with over 30 years of experience, he told The Star yesterday that “I felt the cause of death is not right.”
The second postmortem was granted after Dr. Malek filed a police report on the matter on September 24. It will be carried out on October 8.
The Cradle CEO’s June 14 death shocked the start-up community, where Nazrin was a much-loved figure. Police reclassified the case as murder in August, and later arrested Nazrin’s wife, her first husband, their two teen sons for questioning, as well as the victim’s brother-in-law and sister-in-law. All parties were later released without charge.
Twists and turns in the case have kept it in the headlines over the last few months, which each development proving to be more surprising than the last. However, police have yet to divulge details regarding why Nazrin’s widow, Samirah Muzaffar, and her family have been arrested, nor what the motive would have been if it were indeed a murder.
In response to the sensationalized headlines, Samirah wrote a lengthy statement in August to the media and public, maintaining that initial autopsy reports were consistent with injuries sustained from an exploding phone, and asking for transparency in the case’s investigations.
