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No complaints from Zara when she was living in hostel, says head warden

today17 September 2025

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Zara Qairina
Head warden Azhari Abd Sagap said he was informed by a school security guard of the incident involving Zara Qairina Mahathir. (Facebook pic)
PETALING JAYA:

The head warden of SMKA Tun Datu Mustapha told the coroner’s court in Kota Kinabalu today that Zara Qairina Mahathir never lodged any complaint about issues she may have faced while living in the school hostel.

Azhari Abd Sagap, 31, who was also Zara’s Arabic teacher, told coroner Amir Shah Amir Hassan that Zara was staying in the Qurratu Ayun hostel on the third floor of the Rabiatul Adawiyah block with 11 other students, and that the hostel was under his direct supervision.

“As her Arabic teacher and as the head warden, I never received any complaints from Zara regarding any problems she faced in the hostel,” Bernama reported him as saying in his deposition.

Recounting the events of July 16, Azhari said he received a distress call at 3.04am from the school’s security guard, Linah Mansoding @ Jaliha, 65, informing him…

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Written by: FMT Reporters


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