Cheras custodial death probe: Family denies lawyers intimidated forensic specialist, demands focus on justice

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 — The younger brother of Noorizwan Zulkefly has rejected police allegations that the family’s legal team intimidated a hospital forensic specialist, calling on authorities to halt investigations against their lawyers and keep public scrutiny fixed on his brother’s custodial death.

In a media statement released today, Nooranis Zulkefly insisted that he attended the briefing in person and observed the forensic medicine consultant presenting and explaining his brother’s post-mortem photographs without any coercion, hostility, or pressure from their legal representatives.

“My wife, the three lawyers and two police officers from Bukit Aman were all present at the meeting with the forensic specialist doctor.

“During the meeting, the doctor voluntarily showed and explained the late Noorizwan’s post-mortem photographs,” he said.

The denial follows a police report lodged by the doctor, a government medical officer, which prompted Bukit Aman’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to initiate a criminal probe against the family’s legal team under Sections 506, 186, and 189 of the Penal Code for criminal intimidation, obstructing a public servant, and threatening a public servant.

CID director Datuk M. Kumar confirmed yesterday that investigators had recorded statements from the medical specialist and three legal practitioners linked to the case, while scheduling interviews with Noorizwan’s surviving kin.

Nooranis identified the three lawyers named in the probe as rights advocates N. Surendran, Latheefa Koya, and Dina Zamri.

Recounting the hospital briefing, Nooranis said he attended the consultation alongside his wife, the three lawyers, and two Bukit Aman police officers. He characterised the entire session as cordial and professional, noting that the family exchanged handshakes and posed for a commemorative photograph with the doctor before leaving.

Expressing bewilderment that harassment allegations were aired publicly despite two federal police officers witnessing the entire exchange, Nooranis questioned what factual foundation Bukit Aman possessed to accuse the lawyers of intimidation.

The dispute unfolds as Bukit Aman’s Prosecution and Legal Division (D5) prepares to submit the core custodial death investigation papers to the Attorney-General’s Chambers on Wednesday.

Investigators reclassified the death under Section 331 of the Penal Code for voluntarily causing grievous hurt to extort a confession, following clinical findings from Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz indicating that multiple external injuries across Noorizwan’s body were consistent with non-accidental blunt-force trauma, though the final autopsy analysis remains pending.

Nooranis today issued three primary demands from the family, insisting on an immediate cessation of “undue harassment” directed at their lawyers, full recognition of their counsel’s right to test evidence through due process without state interference, and a transparent prosecution of any custodial personnel implicated in his brother’s death.

Questioning why state scrutiny was turned against lawyers advocating for a grieving family rather than resolving a fatal custodial breach, Nooranis cautioned authorities against pursuing “baseless” diversions, concluding with the rally cry: “Do not divert the issue, do not harass our lawyers, justice for Noorizwan must be upheld”.

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吉隆坡，11月3日讯——努里兹万·祖基菲里的弟弟驳斥了警方关于其家人律师团队恐吓医院法医专家的指控，呼吁当局停止对其律师的调查，并让公众继续关注其兄长在羁押期间死亡的事件。

在今天发布的一份媒体声明中，努拉尼斯·祖尔基弗利坚称，他亲自参加了简报会，并观察了法医顾问展示和解释他哥哥的尸检照片，而没有受到其法律代表的任何胁迫、敌意或压力。

“我的妻子、三位律师和两名来自武吉阿曼警察总部的警官都出席了与法医专家医生的会面。

他说：“在会面期间，医生主动向已故的努里兹万展示了尸检照片并进行了讲解。”

此前，一名政府医务人员向警方报案，随后武吉阿曼刑事调查部 (CID) 根据《刑法》第 506、186 和 189 条对该家庭的法律团队展开刑事调查，指控其犯有刑事恐吓、妨碍公务和威胁公务等罪行。

刑事调查局局长拿督M. Kumar昨天证实，调查人员已经记录了与此案有关的医学专家和三名法律从业人员的证词，同时安排了对Noorizwan幸存亲属的采访。

努拉尼斯确认调查中点名的三名律师分别是维权倡导者 N. Surendran、Latheefa Koya 和 Dina Zamri。

努拉尼斯回忆起医院的问诊过程时说，他当时和妻子、三位律师以及两名武吉阿曼警察一起参加了问诊。他形容整个过程友好而专业，并提到在离开前，他们一家人与医生握手并合影留念。

努拉尼斯对两名联邦警察目睹了整个过程却仍将骚扰指控公开表示困惑，并质疑武吉阿曼警察总部有什么事实依据来指控律师恐吓。

这场争议正值武吉阿曼警察总部检控及法律部门（D5）准备于周三向总检察署提交核心羁押死亡调查文件之际。

调查人员根据《刑法》第 331 条（为逼供而故意造成严重伤害）重新将死亡归类为努里兹万的死亡，此前端姑慕赫里兹医院的临床检查结果表明，努里兹万身上多处外伤符合非意外钝器外伤的特征，但最终的尸检分析结果尚未出炉。

努拉尼斯今天向家属提出了三项主要要求：立即停止对他们律师的“不当骚扰”；充分承认他们的律师有权在不受国家干预的情况下通过正当程序检验证据；以及对任何与​​他兄弟死亡有关的狱警进行透明的起诉。

努拉尼斯质疑为何国家审查的矛头指向为悲痛的家属辩护的律师，而不是解决致命的监护权违规事件，他警告当局不要进行“毫无根据”的转移，最后高呼：“不要转移问题，不要骚扰我们的律师，必须维护努里兹万的正义”。

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