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AGC appeals against acquittals in Cradle Fund CEO murder case

Prosecutors will try to overturn Tuesday’s decision to free Samirah Muzaffar, two teens in killing of Nazrin Hassan

Updated 4 years ago · Published on 23 Jun 2022 1:06PM

AGC appeals against acquittals in Cradle Fund CEO murder case
Samirah Muzaffar, accused of killing her husband Cradle Fund CEO Nazrin Hassan, arrives at the Shah Alam High Court on Tuesday. – AZIM RAHMAN/The Vibes pic, June 23, 2022

KUALA LUMPUR – The Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) has filed a notice of appeal to reverse the high court’s decision to acquit Samirah Muzaffar and two teenagers of the charge of murdering Cradle Fund chief executive officer Nazrin Hassan.

Attorney-General Tan Sri Idrus Harun when contacted confirmed the matter.

“We are appealing against the decision of the high court,” he said.

Meanwhile, deputy public prosecutor Tengku Intan Suraya Tengku Ismail said the notice of appeal was filed yesterday through e-filing.

On Tuesday, Shah Alam High Court judge Datuk Ab Karim Ab Rahman freed Samirah, 47, and two teenagers, now aged 19 and 16, from the charge of murdering Nazrin, 45, after finding that the prosecution had failed to establish a prima facie case at the end of the prosecution’s case against the trio.

In his ruling, Karim held that the evidence that Samirah and the two teenagers were the last people with the deceased cannot be said to have led to the offence of murdering Nazrin.

The judge also ruled there was no direct evidence to show that the three of them committed the offence of murder.

Samirah and the two teenagers as well as an Indonesian woman, Eka Wahyu Lestari, who is still at large, were charged with murdering Nazrin at his house in Mutiara Damansara, between 11.30pm on June 13, 2018, and 4am the following day. – Bernama, June 23, 2022

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