KOTA KINABALU, April 4 -- The legal team representing the mother of the late Zara Qairina Mahathir plans to call their own psychiatric expert witness to provide a more balanced evaluation during the ongoing inquest.

This comes after forensic psychiatrist Dr Chua Sze Hung told the Coroner's Court yesterday that the circumstances surrounding the 13-year-old Zara Qairina's death were most consistent with suicide.

"It is important to stress that the Coroner's Court is the authority tasked with assessing all testimony and making findings based on all evidence presented throughout this inquest.

"Therefore, any preliminary conclusions drawn from the testimony so far are inappropriate and risk misleading public perception about the ongoing pro...