Muhammad Adib’s death: Police to conduct polygraph tests on witnesses
KUALA LUMPUR: Police will carry out polygraph tests on seven key witnesses who had earlier been called to assist in the investigation on the death of fireman Muhammad Adib Mohd Kassim.
Bukit Aman CID director, Datuk Huzir Mohamed said police would be seeking the cooperation of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to conduct the test.
He said they were the same witnesses present at the location where Adib died.
“We have cooperated with MACC and had made an analysis of the accident video and MACC suggested several witnesses should be recalled for polygraph test to determine if they were telling the truth or otherwise,” he said.
Huzir said about 30 witnesses gave their statements during the inquest.
“28 of the witnesses had their conversation recorded earlier while two pathalogists of Kuala Lumpur Hospital came forward to give their statements at Bukit Aman today,” he said.
Explaining the matter, police said they would also be calling two witnesses namely Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Mechanical Engineering Faculty senior lecturer, Dr Amir Radzi Ab Ghani and Canselor Tuanku Muhriz Hospital Forensic and Pathology former senior consultant specialist Prof Dr Shahrom Abd Wahid to assist investigation.
On Sept 27, Coroner Rofiah Mohamad decided the cause of Adib’s death was caused by criminal acts by two or more unidentified individuals.
Adib died at the National Heart Institute (IJN) on Dec 17 last year, 21 days after sustaining injuries at a riot in front of a temple.
Bernama
