Murdered Man Suffered Kidney Failure
By Ignatius Stephen

Bandar Seri Begawan - Murdered Royal Brunei Airlines mechanic, Maul bin Jambu, 44, was a very sick man with his kidneys all but gone, the Brunei High Court was told. But the wound that finished him off was a laceration behind the right ear underneath the scalp.

He suffered 49 wounds mainly bruises all over the body which had a similar pattern, a medical report read out in court said.

Dr P. Upali Telesinghe, specialist pathologist in RIPAS Hospital, was testifying this week at the murder trial of 53-year-old car salesman, Richard Chia Kok Hiong accused of killing a family of three on December 15 last year at a government house in Kampong Surusop.

The dead were Maul and his 37-year-old schoolteacher wife, Seniwati binte Untong and their adopted daughter, Neea Asmira binte Aziz, two years who was smothered with a pillow.

The hearing is before Chief Justice Dato Mohd Saied and Justice Dato Steven Chong. Prosecution is led by Deputy Public Prosecutor Haji Yusree Junaidi and assisted by Pengiran Nina Jasmine, Counsels Yusof Halim and Siva Sankaran are defending. Richard is denying all charges.

Richard, a Brunei Permanent Resident who was arrested after two months after the tragedy, had been held in police custody ever since and attempts to free him failed.

Continuing his evidence Dr Telesinghe added questioned by DPP Haji Yusree that Maul's left kidney had shriveled to 25 grammes whereas the right one was only 30 grammes and both were granulated and contracted.

"And there was this transplanted kidney on the right side which was 250 grammes," he told the court.

Both kidneys showed signs of renal failure and were not functioning very well.

"That was why there were accumulation of fluid in the abdomen, chest and probably the state of hydrosis," the pathologist told the court.

The examination on Maul was conducted on December 18 some days after the supposed murder.

The postmortem took place at the RIPAS Hospital Morgue. When he examined the body at about 2pm there was evidence of putrification and was in a state of decomposition.

Hearing continues.  

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