PETALING JAYA, April 8 -- A forensic pathologist who conducted the post-mortem on the body of Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matin concluded in the Sessions Court here on Tuesday that the cause of death of the autistic child was strangulation.

As reported by Sinar Harian, Dr Rohayu Shahar Adnan, a forensic medical consultant with the Department of Forensic Medicine at Pasir Gudang Hospital in Johor, provided this testimony during the trial of the neglect case, which is believed to have caused physical injury, involving Zaim Ikhwan Zahari, 30, and his wife, Ismanira Abdul Manaf, 30.

As the 27th prosecution witness, she stated that the finding was based on the post-mortem results when she was serving at Sungai Buloh Hospital at 12 noon on December 7, ...