PETALING JAYA: Zara Qairina Mahathir was fearful of a senior at SMK Agama Tun Datu Mustapha, the inquest into the Form 1 student’s death was told today.
According to lawyer Rizwandean M Borhan, the 59th witness told the Kota Kinabalu coroner’s court that Zara had been accused of talking about the older student behind her back, Harian Metro reported.
The child witness said that in May last year, she had asked Zara to accompany her to a block in their school that would have required them to pass by that particular senior’s room.
