Coroner: Adib was beaten to death

The mood inside the courtroom in Shah Alam was a mixture of joy and sombre as Coroner Rofiah Mohamad delivered her verdict that firefighter Muhammad Adib Mohd Kassim's death was a result of criminal act.

The court also ruled today that Adib's death was also caused by the failure of police to act at the time of the incident.

In delivering her judgement, Coroner Rofiah Mohamad said that the court concluded that the blunt chest trauma sustained by Adib during the incident was not self-inflicted or an accident, but was caused by two to three unidentified persons who pulled the victim out of the fire department EMRS van, hitting him and dragging him.

The court will now leave it to the Attorney-General and police to carry out investigations and to press charges.