The High Court in Kuala Lumpur is satisfied that the 90 burn wounds inflicted on Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain by five of his fellow Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM) students using a hot steam iron had caused his death, but ruled that it was not a premeditated murder.

Justice Azman Abdullah in his judgment said that after considering testimonies from Serdang Hospital forensics medical expert Dr Salmah Arshad, a prosecution witness, and Sungai Buloh Hospital forensics department chief Dr Rohayu Shahar Adnan, a defence witness, the court also found that Zulfarhan Osman’s death was not a sudden death after being injured...