IPOH: "I'm sorry, uncle. That's my husband. He has a temper."
This was what a woman, who claimed to be the wife of Deputy Superintendent Mohd Nazri Abdul Razak, 45, told the father of Muhammad Zaharif Affendi Muhd Zamrie, as his son lay dying.
Muhd Zamrie Zainal Abidin, 56, said the woman also admitted that her husband could not tolerate the sound of a motorcycle revving and repeatedly apologised.
Despite this, Zamrie and his daughter, Nur Zawanie, who were by Zaharif's side at the time, lost their patience and scolded the woman.
However, the argument was interrupted by a religious school teacher who urged them to focus on the victim.
"I saw Zaharif writhing in pain, repeatedly sitting up and lying down, despite his sister asking him not to move. A few minutes later, Zaharif suddenly went quiet and started blinking. Nur Zawanie told him not to sleep and to wait a moment until the ambulance arrived.
"I saw Nur Zawanie checking Zaharif's pulse and, at that moment, the school teacher and I urged him to recite the syahada," he said, reading his written statement before judge Datuk Bhupindar Singh Gucharan Singh Preet.
Zamrie was testifying at the trial of Nazri, who is charged with murdering Zaharif, 17, at Jalan Taman Jati 1, near Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Jati, Ipoh, between 12.05pm and 12.40pm on Dec 15, 2023.
The 19th prosecution witness said he observed an open wound on Zaharif's elbow, bruises on his face and drag marks on his thigh. He added that his son also cried out in pain, saying that he couldn't see.
"I approached Zaharif and said, 'It's me, Dad,' as I watched him writhing in pain. I heard Zaharif saying, 'Dad, it hurts. I can't see.'"
The retired soldier added that he then saw his son stretch out his legs and look up before closing his eyes.
"At that moment, I got up to clear the path for the ambulance before collapsing and losing consciousness.
"I regained consciousness a few minutes later and saw the teacher beside me along with my daughter, Nur Zetty. It was then that my daughter told me Zaharif was gone," he said.
During cross-examination by defence lawyer M. Athimulan, the victim's father disagreed with the defence's suggestion that the woman said to be the accused's wife never mentioned Nazri's temper.
"I disagree. In our conversation, she did tell me," said Zamri.
Meanwhile, Nur Zawanie, who is the prosecution's 20th witness, told the court that she had received training to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on her brother.
"At 12.17pm, I made a second call to the ambulance service through the 999 hotline, feeling it was taking too long to arrive. I saw my brother continue to writhe in pain, repeatedly sitting up and lying down, even though I told him not to do so.
"As Zaharif struggled, I noticed blood flowing from his nose. I continued to check Zaharif's pulse on his neck, wrist and groin area, but found that Zaharif had no pulse.
"I also opened his eyes and noticed that his pupils had dilated. I immediately started CPR on Zaharif, and less than five minutes later, the ambulance arrived at the scene," she said, adding that a medical assistant took over the CPR.
She said after 20 minutes of CPR, the medical assistant declared that Zaharif had no pulse.
"I also saw on the cardiac monitor that Zaharif had no pulse. My brother's body was left by the side of the road until the police patrol car arrived. I stayed by my brother's side while waiting for the police to arrive at the scene," she said.
During cross-examination by Deputy public prosecutor Afzainizam Abdul Aziz, the mother of two said that she had knowledge and training in providing CPR.
Nur Zawanie, who works as a nurse, said this knowledge was practised throughout her three years of service as a trained nurse and during her five years of employment in both government and private hospitals.
"I also received formal training during my studies. I worked in the medical department, where CPR was highly required.
"My ward also frequently conducted bedside teaching to update our knowledge on CPR," she said.
The senior police officer Mohd Nazri is accused of murdering Muhammad Zaharif at Jalan Taman Jati 1, near SMK Jati, between 11.45am and 12.32pm on Dec 15, 2023.
He is charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code, which carries the death penalty or imprisonment for 30 to 40 years, along with a minimum of 12 strokes of the cane, if convicted.
In addition to Afzainizam, the prosecution team includes Nasrul Hadi Abdul Ghani, V.Suloshani, and Low Qin Hui, while the accused is also represented by lawyers Datuk Mior Faridalathrash Wahid and Aiman Hakim Kamaruzzaman.