KOTA KINABALU, Aug. 12 -- Lawyers representing the family of 13-year-old schoolgirl Zara Qairina Mahathir said the post-mortem following the exhumation of her body revealed signs of injury.

In a statement last night, counsels Shahlan Jufri and Mohd Luqman Syazwan Zabidi said the injuries were detected during the eight-hour autopsy but stressed that they would not disclose further details until the official medical report is released.

"To avoid discrepancies between the verbal findings conveyed to us and Zara's mother after the post-mortem, and the official report that will be issued by the hospital, we will withhold further comment for now," they said.

They expressed gratitude to the Attorney General's Chambers for instructing police t...