KOTA KINABALU, Feb. 4 -- During yesterday's inquest proceedings into the death of Zara Qairina Mahathir, the Coroner's Court heard testimony from a religious teacher who recounted her final meeting with the deceased, about two months before the student's death.

The 63rd witness, Nur Ain Jabah, 38, who taught Zara Qairina at the Sekolah Agama Negeri Kampung Naluyan in Sipitang, said the meeting took place in May 2025, when the deceased stopped by the school during the school holidays.

Nur Ain said she began teaching and came to know Zara Qairina from 2023 to 2024, when the deceased was studying at the school, where she taught subjects including Tauhid, Akhlak, Hafazan and Imlak. Throughout that period, they shared a close teacher-student...