‘29 premises inspected during search for teen’

SEREMBAN: The Coroner’s Court here was yesterday told that 29 premises, including private resorts, were inspected by the Negri Sembilan Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for clues on the location of Irish-French teenager Nora Anne Quoirin, who went missing on Aug 4 last yearyear.

Ampang Jaya distriict police deputy chieff Superintendent Mohd Azam Ismail, the 14th witness in the inquest proceedings to determine the actual cause of the teenager’s death, said the inspectedd premises include sevven villas at the Shorea resort near The Dusun Resort where Nora Anne and her family were staying upon their arrival in Malaysia on Aug 3 last year.

He said police also inspected five private villas, of which four were occupied, and nine private premises and resorts, of which only five were occupied.

“We also inspected eight villas at The Dusun Resort, including the one occupied by the resort owner,” he said when testifying on the eighth day of proceedings before Coroner Maimoonah Aid.

To a question by deputy public prosecutor Muhamad Iskandar

Ahmad, who is also the inquest coordinating officer, on other instructions given to him during the investigation, Azam, who was then Negri Sembilan CID serious crimes staff officer, said his team was also instructed to interview Forestry Department officers at the footfo of Gunung Berembuun for any indication oon the teenager’s location.

“We were told that the missing person did not enter the area.”

He said his team was also tasked with iinvestigating the backgrogound of Nora Anne’s family members, as well as to profile witnesses, including former guests, especially those who had stayed at the resort prior to the incident.

“The profiling involved the family of the complainant (The Dusun Resort manager Haanim Ahmed Bamadhaj), employees and former employees of the resort, locals who were in the vicinity of the resort on the day of the incident and those who had stayed at The Dusun. “The profiling (was done) because we did not have other leads to proceed with the investigation, so we carried out profiling on all witnesses to get new information on individuals based on information such as criminal records, vehicle records and their backgrounds.

“However there was no indication (of new leads),” he said.

To a question by the coroner on the outcome of investigations into Nora Anne’s parents, Azam said it was found that they had no criminal records.

The inquest proceedings started on Aug 24 until Aug 27 and continued from Sept 1 until yesterday.

A total of 64 witnesses will be testifying, with 14 already called.

Nora Anne, 15, went missing on Aug 4 last year, a day after she and her family arrived in Malaysia for a two-week holiday at a resort in Pantai here, about 60km south of Kuala Lumpur.

Nora Anne’s body was found nine days later on Aug 13, near a stream in a hilly area, about 2.5km from the resort, following a massive search.

A preliminary post-mortem report revealed that there were no criminal elements in Nora Anne’s death and that the teenager had died of gastrointestinal bleeding, due to prolonged stress and hunger.

Coroner Maimoonah adjourned the proceedings to Sept 14.