{
  "id": 12575476,
  "title": "Inkues Zara: ‘Diari’ sebenarnya catatan persahabatan, dakwa ibu",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/inkues-zara-diari-sebenarnya-catatan-persahabatan-dakwa-ibu-12575476",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T07:31:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/10/07/inkues-zara-diari-sebenarnya-catatan-persahabatan-dakwa-ibu"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Kota Kinabalu: Zara Qairina Mahathir's personal writings referred to as 'diary' are not a typical daily record, but rather a collection of mementos related to friendships and shared experiences with her peers. Her mother, Noraidah Lamat, 46, testified during the inquest proceedings that Zara began writing in multiple diaries around 2021 at the encouragement of a Malay Language teacher at SK Pantai, Sipitang, to improve and beautify her handwriting. \"Zara had several diaries, each associated with a specific friend, and they are filled with stories of friendship and shared experiences,\" she read out during her testimony before Coroner Amir Shah Amir Hassan. The 82nd witness said that Zara occasionally shared her diaries with her peers, allowing them to leave notes within them, and she herself often read brief summaries of the stories of friendship. However, in her account, she revealed that Zara had complained about bullying, harassment, and unsatisfactory services from other students during her stay in the dormitory at SMKA Tun Datu Mustapha, Papar. She said the complaints were made either through phone calls or upon returning home, including accusations such as 'ugly one', 'fat one' and 'pick me'. Noraidah said that despite facing bullying and harassment in the dormitory, the teenager never showed any signs of pressure before the incident. Referring to her daughter's last return home on July 13, 2025, Noraidah said Zara Qairina appeared happy and normal emotionally and behaviorally, even during the conversation that touched on the issue of senior student disturbances in the dormitory, as well as preparations for returning to the dormitory. When they last met on July 14, 2025, she said Zara was cheerful and normal in terms of mood and behavior, even when discussing the dormitory disturbances issue and preparations for returning to the dormitory. She said the last call was received at 8:53 pm on July 14, 2025. Noraidah said she received a call at 4:37 am on July 16 from a teacher informing her that Zara Qairina was found 'squatting' or lying on the floor and had been taken to Hospital Queen Elizabeth (HQE) in here. The call caused her to be surprised, panicked, sad, and cry thinking about what had happened to her daughter and how to get to the hospital. Noraidah said several school teachers who came to meet her at the hospital and at home did not tell the real story about the incident even when asked, and one of them even asked that the incident not be reported. \"I have not been informed about the internal investigation conducted by the school about the incident on July 15, 2025. I only learned about the internal investigation through the inquest proceedings,\" she said. Concluding her testimony read out in about 45 minutes, Noraidah said she was very close to Zara Qairina and very much loved her only daughter. Zara Qairina died at HQE on July 17, 2025, a day after the primary school student was found unconscious near the school dormitory's latrine early in the morning.",
  "summary": "Noraidah Lamat beritahu Mahkamah Koroner, anaknya ada beberapa buku dan setiap satu dikaitkan dengan kawan tertentu.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Ibu Zara Qairina tampil saksi ke-82 inkues",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/ibu-zara-qairina-tampil-saksi-ke-82-inkues",
        "published": "2026-10-07T02:42:57.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}