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Dr Zunaizah Hilmi says she is withdrawing all opinion-based statements given so far after being accused of deflecting questions to another expert. Pathologist Dr Zunaizah Hilmi who conducted the post-mortem on Dutch model Ivana Smit. KUALA LUMPUR: The Coroner’s Court here will strike off the record of all “opinion-based” statements from the pathologist who conducted […]
Read insightS N Nair says this is because the Yang di-Pertuan Agong has declared that the PKR leader is a victim of a miscarriage of justice. Lawyer S N Nair says the inquiry must also extend to the Attorney-General’s Chambers from the time of the late Mohtar Abdullah. KUALA LUMPUR: A lawyer who defended Anwar Ibrahim […]
Read insightChemist who analysed blood and urine samples of the Dutch model says Ivana was taking a number of drugs regularly. Ivana Smit’s body was found sprawled on a sixth-floor balcony of a condominium in Kuala Lumpur last year. (Instagram pic) KUALA LUMPUR: A witness who testified today in the inquest into Dutch model Ivana Smit’s […]
Read insightA friend of Ivana Smit rubbishes another witness’ account of events leading to the ill-fated death of the girl. Latsch Lisette, a friend of the late Ivana Smit, at the Jalan Duta court complex today. KUALA LUMPUR: A witness in the inquest into Dutch model Ivana Smit’s death last year has rubbished the testimony of […]
Read insightIvana Smit’s mother says there is ‘something fishy’ in the untimely death of her 18-year-old daughter last year. Ivana Smit. (Instagram pic) KUALA LUMPUR: A witness who testified today in the inquest into Dutch model Ivana Smit’s death last year has suggested that the couple who hosted her may have had something to do with […]
Read insightCounsel for the model’s family says evidence of promiscuity by Ivana cannot be corroborated and should be struck out. The nude body of Ivana Smit was found sprawled in the nude on the sixth-floor balcony on Dec 7 last year at CapSquare Residences, off Jalan Dang Wangi, in Kuala Lumpur. (Instagram pic) KUALA LUMPUR: There was […]
Read insightIvana Smit’s friend Mohd Shareza Sadek Mohamed @ Adam says the model had a history of late night partying and drinking. Ivana Smit’s body was found sprawled on the sixth floor of a condo in Kuala Lumpur last year. (Instagram pic) KUALA LUMPUR: A witness who testified today in the inquest into Dutch model Ivana […]
Read insightLukas Kramer last spoke to his girlfriend Ivana Smit in the early hours of the day the Dutch model was found sprawled in the nude on a condo balcony. Dutch model Ivana Smit died last year. (Instagram pic) KUALA LUMPUR: The boyfriend of Dutch model Ivana Smit today told an inquest into her death that […]
Read insightMohd Rehab Haji Ismail says he heard a noise ‘like a pile of bricks falling’ as he was operating his burger stall across the road. Dutch model Ivana Smit who died last year. (Instagram pic) KUALA LUMPUR: The owner of a burger stall near the building where Dutch model Ivana Smit was found dead last […]
Read insightShe also says American-Kazakh couple who employed her said they were returning to the US. Model Ivana Smit was found dead on the balcony of a sixth floor condo in Kuala Lumpur last year. (Instagram pic) KUALA LUMPUR: A witness testifying at the inquest into Ivana Smit’s death said a few days after the incident, […]
Read insightCoroner tells Alex and Luna Johnson’s lawyer to leave the courtroom as he cannot confirm whether his clients will be testifying at the inquest into Ivana Smit’s death. Dutch model Ivana Smit, who was staying with Alex and Luna Johnson at the time of her death last year. (Instagram pic) KUALA LUMPUR: The lawyer holding […]
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