A few months ago (14 June 2018), the death of Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd chief executive officer (CEO), Nazrin Hassan shocked the entire nation as his death was very sudden and mysterious. Since then, the authorities have diligently conducted several investigations over Nazrin’s death in hopes to bring the case to an end and to seek justice for the CEO’s unfortunate demise.
FYI, Cradle Fund is associated with the Ministry of Finance (MoF).
So, enlightening you more on Nazrin’s case, here’s a quick recap leading up to the latest update on the case:
1. Nazrin was found dead at his house on 14 June 2018
- Nazrin went to sleep because of a migraine was found dead in his room
- Initial reports revealed that he died due to excessive smoke inhalation which suffocated him
- Later, post-mortem reports revealed that Nazrin was killed by shrapnel, which originated from the explosion of his charging phone
- Authorities classified his death as sudden death.
2. Nazrin’s case got reclassified as murder in August 2018
- Nazrin’s case gets reclassified as murder following a report by the Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM, Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia) as well as further reports from the post-mortem
- Reports stated that traces of petrol were found in his room
- Police suspected that Nazrin’s death could be foul play.
3. Nazrin’s wife fires authorities for not updating her with the case few weeks after it was reclassified
- After writing to JBPM, they said she can’t have their report on Nazrin’s case because it was a high profile case
- She alleged that JBPM’s claims were false and pointed out the inconsistency of media reports on the details of the post-mortem
- She questioned the sudden finding of traces of petrol which, according to her, is contrary to the post-mortem report that concluded Nazrin died from a “complication of (a) blast and blunt penetrating injuries”
- Samirah requested for ethical and transparent investigations over her husband’s case.
4. Samirah and her first husband get arrested for murder investigation on 4 September 2018
- Samirah and her first (ex) husband were arrested for a murder investigation on 4 September 2018
- The two of them will be remanded for seven days, starting 4 September, to aid investigations
- According to Selangor Criminal Investigations chief Senior Assistant Commissioner Fadzil Ahmat, Samirah was arrested at 2.15am in Taman Tun Dr Ismail while her first husband was arrested in Sepang at 1am.
That’s all the info we have on this case thus far. Hopefully, the authorities will quickly look into this case and get some answers so that the guilty can be prosecuted as well.
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Also read: Fire Dept Found Traces of Petrol in Bedroom, Cradle Fund CEO’s Death Reclassified as Murder