Cause of death was asphyxia

From: The Malay Mail | Date: May 20, 2004 | Copyright information

KUALA LUMPUR: Murder victim Noritta Samsudin died of asphyxia (lack of oxygen), the High Court was told yesterday.

Forensic pathologist Dr Ab Halim said in asphyxia, death occurs when the victim's body is deprived of oxygen.

Questioned by Judge Datuk Abdull Hamid Embong if in lay-man's terms it means suffocation, the witness said there were different forms of asphyxia, and suffocation was just one of it.

He said drowning and strangulation were also forms of asphyxia. Dr Ab Halim said in Noritta's case ...

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