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Alex and Luna Johnson are believed to be the last people Dutch model Ivana Smit spoke to before she was found dead on a balcony roof. Dutch model Ivana Smit was said to have gone out with Alex and Luna Johnson the night before she died. (Instagram pic) KUALA LUMPUR: The American-Kazakh couple who hosted […]
Read insightBuilding Manager Vanessa Nayar says this is not fair as the maid was not informed about what had happened to Ivana Smit earlier that day, and was just doing her job. Ivana Smit. (Instagram pic) KUALA LUMPUR: A witness who testified today at the inquest into Dutch model Ivana Smit’s death last year claimed police […]
Read insightBuilding manager says man started cursing when informed about her death. KUALA LUMPUR: A witness today told the inquest into the death of Dutch model Ivana Smit last year that the American-Kazakh couple who had hosted Smit were shocked when they learnt she had been found dead. Vanessa Tanujaa Nair, 34, the building manager of […]
Read insightBuilding manager says she was one of the first few people who saw the model’s body on Dec 7, and immediately phoned the police. Dutch model Ivana Smit who was found dead last year. (Instagram pic) KUALA LUMPUR: The building manager of CapSquare Residences, where Dutch model Ivana Smit was found dead last year, told […]
Read insightSN Nair says this was why they were allowed into the apartment where Ivana Smit was found dead last year. Lawyer SN Nair says both local and foreign media representatives were supposed to be barred from the apartment that day. (File pic) KUALA LUMPUR: Two foreign media representatives were mistakenly granted access on Wednesday to […]
Read insightResident says he realised that someone had fallen through his balcony roof after returning from work on the afternoon of Dec 7. Dutch model Ivana Smit who was found dead in December last year. (Instagram pic) KUALA LUMPUR: An Indonesian resident at the apartment where Dutch model Ivana Smit was found dead last year today […]
Read insightDutch model inquest: Local media barred from condo, foreign media allowed in KUALA LUMPUR: The court visit to the scene where Dutch model Ivana Esther Robert Smit was found dead last December had an unusual condition: Media members from the Netherlands were given full access, while local media had restrictions imposed on them. Two reporters […]
Read insightSN Nair will hold a watching brief for Ivana Smit’s family at the inquest into her death. The body of Ivana Smit, 18, was found on the sixth floor of an apartment block in Kuala Lumpur last year. (File pic) KUALA LUMPUR: Senior lawyer SN Nair, who was once Anwar Ibrahim’s lawyer in the Sodomy […]
Read insightHasanah Ab Hamid also breached protocol when she asked a foreign government to take sides in Malaysia’s domestic affairs, says former Special Branch agent SN Nair. Hasanah Ab Hamid has defended her letter to the CIA in the days leading up to the May 9 election. (File pic) PETALING JAYA: Former top intelligence officer Hasanah […]
Read insightCounsel N Sivananthan says AG Tommy Thomas should advise the government to set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) should he decide that no one else is to be prosecuted. Two policemen have been convicted of killing Mongolian interpreter Altantuya Shaariibuu but the motive was never established. PETALING JAYA: Attorney-General (AG) Tommy Thomas must […]
Read insightSN Nair says although it is a security offence, police can rely on provisions in the Criminal Procedure Code for investigation purposes. Lawyer SN Nair says the police do not need to wait for the public to lodge a report before taking action. PETALING JAYA: A lawyer has urged the police to take seriously a […]
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