Kuala Lumpur: The High Court here was told today that the dashcam and memory card of the Perodua Ativa driven by senior police officer DSP Mohd Nazri Abdul Razak were only accessed on Dec 20, 2023, and not the day before they were seized.
According to BERNAMA News Agency, prosecution witness ASP S. Dasarathan, 46, explained that when he accessed the memory card, the computer used was not connected to the internet, which prevented the date and time from being updated. “My lord, regarding this issue, the dashcam and memory card were seized on Dec 20, 2023, and handed to me on the same day. I accessed the memory card on Dec 20 using my computer. My computer does not have an internet connection and lacks auto-update for the date and time. although accessed on the 20th, the date displayed was still Dec 19, 2023,” he stated.
Dasarathan made these remarks in response to Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Afzainizam Abdul Aziz’s question about his Jan 10 statement, which indicated that the dashcam footage and memory card had been accessed on Dec 19, 2023, a day before they were officially seized. He noted that the earlier statement was based on a forensic analysis report by ASP Nur Fairuz Idris, which successfully extracted 130 video files dated from Nov 4, 2022, to Dec 19, 2022, suggesting that the card had been accessed on Dec 19, 2023.
The witness further revealed that a preliminary review by him and the forensic team found no recordings related to the incident, with the last recordings made on Dec 19, 2022, and no footage recorded from Dec 20, 2022, to Dec 15, 2023. Dasarathan also confirmed that he was the sole person to access the dashcam and memory card.
The prosecution team was led by DPP Afzainizam, along with Nasrul Hadi Abdul Ghani and Low Qin Hui. Mohd Nazri was represented by lawyers M. Athimulan, Datuk Mior Faridalathrash Wahid, and Aiman Hakim Kamaruzzaman. Mohd Nazri, 45, is accused of murdering Muhammad Zaharif Affendi Muhd Zamrie, 17, on Dec 15, 2023. The trial, now in its 22nd day, is presided over by Judge Datuk Bhupindar Singh Gucharan Singh Preet.
The accused is charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code, which carries the death penalty or imprisonment of 30 to 40 years and at least 12 strokes of the cane upon conviction. The trial is set to continue this Friday.