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Zara Qairina Mahathir's mother was given ample time to consider whether or not to have a post-mortem conducted on her daughter. Photo by Bernama

Zara Qairina died on July 17 at Queen Elizabeth Hospital and was buried at the Tanjung Ubi Muslim cemetery in Sipitang the same day. She was admitted to the hospital a day earlier after being found unconscious near a drain at her school hostel in Papar at 4am. - Bernama file photo

The inquest proceedings into the death of Form One student Zara Qairina began today with the parties involved visiting the scene of the incident at the Rabiatul Adawiyah female dormitory block of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Agama Tun Datu Mustapha, here in Papar. - Bernama file photo

The inquest proceedings into the death of Form One student Zara Qairina Mahathir began with the parties involved visiting the scene of the incident at the girls’ dormitory building, Blok Rabiatul Adawiyah, at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Agama Tun Datu Mustapha in Papar. - Bernama file photo

Zara Qairina died on July 17 at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, where she had been admitted a day earlier after being found unconscious near a drain at her school hostel in Papar at 4am. - Bernama file photo

The security guard on duty the night Zara Qairina Mahathir was found unconscious informed the Coroner’s Court that the senior student, who discovered the victim, claimed to have woken early to do her laundry. - Photo by Bernama

A security guard admitted to the existence of a culture known as 'MA' - referring to sessions between senior and junior students - in the female hostel of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Agama Tun Mustapha in Papar. - Photo by Bernama

Zara Qairina Mahathir

Zara Qairina died on July 17 at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, where she had been admitted a day earlier after being found unconscious in a drain near her school hostel in Papar at 4am. - Bernama photo

Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex waves as he departs the Centre for Blast Injury Studies, at the Imperial College in London, on Sept 10, 2025. - (Photo by Suzanne Plunkett / POOL / AFP)