[Malaysia] - 15 year old British teenage girl kena abducted in Malaysia during holiday trip at rainforest resort, and found dead.

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French lawmakers urge Malaysia to reopen Nora Anne Quoirin case or release investigation results | Malay Mail

A police officer pastes a photo of 15-year-old Irish girl Nora Anne Quoirin who went missing from a resort on a wall at a shop in Seremban August 9, 2019. — Reuters pic
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 — Two French deputies are pressing Malaysian authorities to either reinvestigate the death of Irish teen Nora Anne Quoirin or to provide the findings of their previous investigation to her family.
In a statement released by a publicist acting for the Quoirins, French Deputies Anne Genetet and Alexandre Holroyd asked Attorney General Tan Sri Tommy Thomas to reverse the “No Further Action (NFA)” classification in the case of the 15-year-old who died in the Negri Sembilan jungle after she went missing while on a family vacation there last.
The deputies are members of the French legislature and comparable to members of parliament.
“It is imperative and a fundamental right that Nora’s family should have access to the truth concerning their daughter’s death either through the reopening of the investigation — or at the very least by making the police report (such as it exists) on the investigation that took place in the summer, available — in order to effectively grieve and mourn her loss,” said the two French lawmakers.
They asserted that despite several months of continued appeal from the Quoirin family, Malaysian authorities remained uncooperative and have refused all communications and requests for information over their daughter’s death.
They further criticised local law enforcement for bypassing the family and their lawyers, instead choosing to make announcements via the media.

Nora Anne Quoirin’s mother, Meabh Quoirin (centre), and father Sebastian Quoirin (left) make an appeal at the Pantai police station during the search for their missing daughter. — Bernama pic
On January 8, the Attorney General’s Chambers classified the Franco-Irish teenager’s case as requiring no further action, effectively closing it until new developments emerge.
Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department director Datuk Huzir Mohamed said this was based on the earlier report that had classified the case as a sudden death.
However, Genetet and Holroyd claimed the police were prioritising their preferred narrative and neglecting other hypotheses over Quoirin’s cause of death.
“Instead, it is clear the authorities have prioritised the theory of an accidental death, and in doing so, are neglecting the investigation into alternative hypotheses considered extremely important for the family.
“In addition, internal proceedings under Malaysian law could have reopened the investigation, but the attorney general has to date refused, and allocated a status of NFA (No Further Action) on this case.
“Anne Genetet and Alexandre Holroyd, like the family, do not understand why the Malaysian judicial authorities refuse to disseminate the investigation’s findings and indeed consider alternatives.
“We await a reversal of this position in order to deliver full transparency and justice in this matter and for the tragedy this family has experienced,” said the joint statement.

 

[Ralders]

Father expression is weird.
Biological father?

 

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Malaysia opens inquest into death of French-Irish teenager Nora Quoirin
A poster showing missing Franco-Irish teenager Nora Quoirin is displayed outside a school in Seremban in Malaysia. (Photo: AFP/Mohd Rasfan)
24 Aug 2020 01:04PM
(Updated: 24 Aug 2020 01:10PM)
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SEREMBAN: A Malaysian coroner opened an inquest on Monday (Aug 24) into the death of a French-Irish teenager, a year after her unclothed body was found in the jungle following her disappearance while on holiday.
Malaysian police insisted there was no sign of foul play in the death of Nora Quoirin, a 15-year-old with learning difficulties, and authorities classed the case as "requiring no further action".
READ: Malaysian police say Irish teen Nora Quoirin probably died from hunger, stress
But her parents - who believe there was a criminal element to her death, as they say the teen would not have wandered off alone - pushed for an inquest, and authorities agreed.
At the start of proceedings in the city of Seremban on Monday, coroner Maimoonah Aid said: "We are here to answer a few questions - who is the dead person, when and how she died and whether anyone was responsible."
Quoirin went missing from the resort where she was staying with her London-based family, triggering a 10-day hunt involving helicopters, sniffer dogs and hundreds of searchers.
Her body was discovered close to the jungle retreat and an autopsy found that she probably starved and died of internal bleeding after spending about a week in the dense rainforest.
Sixty-four witnesses are expected to be called during the inquest, and the first was Mohamad Mat Yusop, the police chief of Negeri Sembilan state.
'DISTRAUGHT'
Mohamad told the court how he was informed the teen had been reported missing on Aug 4 last year, and he immediately ordered a search operation.
The following day, he visited the Dusun Resort south of Kuala Lumpur, where the girl disappeared from her room the day after her family had checked in.
READ: Parents of dead Irish teen Nora Quoirin sue Malaysian resort
"The family was distraught when I met them," Mohamad said. "I assured the father we will use all our resources to find the missing girl."
A large screen in the court showed images of the resort, including the bungalow where the family stayed.
Ahead of the inquest, the teen's parents Meabh and Sebastien Quoirin described it as "a crucial element in the fight for truth and justice for Nora".
"We hope that all avenues surrounding Nora's disappearance will be fully explored and not just the theory which the police has always favoured," they told AFP in a statement.
READ: Volunteer hikers describe moment they found missing Irish teen's body lying by a stream
Earlier this month, the coroner went to the Dusun Resort and visited the area where the body was found, police said, a trip described by the Quoirin family's lawyer S Sakthyvell as "quite thorough".
The teenager's Irish mother and French father were not present at the inquest because of the coronavirus pandemic. They will be interviewed by the coroner on a video-conferencing platform.
Other expected witnesses include police, hikers who found her body, and a British forensics expert who will join by video link.

 

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Too kidnap Liao...Sad..
Nabei, the kidnappers should have gone to Johore and kidnap Ginfreely.

No point kidnapping a person that’s worthless. It’s like spraying perfume on a lump of shit. You can do it but it’s a waste of effort.

 

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Family thought French-Irish teenager Nora Quoirin abducted, Malaysia inquest hears
The teenager disappeared from the Malaysian resort in August 2019
The teenager disappeared from the Malaysian resort in August 2019. (Photo: AFP/Mohd Rasfan)
25 Aug 2020 06:54PM
(Updated: 25 Aug 2020 07:18PM)
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SEREMBAN: The family of a French-Irish teenager who died after disappearing from a Malaysian jungle resort initially suspected she had been kidnapped and taken to a nearby house, an inquest heard on Tuesday (Aug 25).

The body of 15-year-old Nora Quoirin, who had learning difficulties, was discovered unclothed after a massive hunt through the rainforest last year.

Police insist there was no foul play but her parents - who believe there was criminal involvement, as they say she would not have wandered off alone - pushed for an inquest and authorities agreed.

Senior police official Mohamad Nor Marzukee Besar, who played a key role in organising the search for the schoolgirl, said on Tuesday that her London-based family believed she was in one of three houses near the Dusun Resort.

READ: Malaysian coroner visits dead Irish teen Nora Quoirin's death site
"Family members said the child had been abducted and identified the three houses where she might be held," he told the court in Seremban city, on the second day of the inquest.

"We searched the houses but did not find anything."

The teen's family had also told police at the time that she could not walk more than 6m on her own, Marzukee said.

As well as the houses, a team searched a hut deep in the jungle after the resort owner said the girl could have been taken there, but only found a man sleeping at the site, he said.

 

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Nora Quoirin was found dead 10 days after she vanished from a Malaysian resort. Did she wander into the jungle or was she taken?
By south-east Asia correspondent Anne Barker
Posted 4ddays ago, updated 4ddays ago

Malaysian police said Nora's body was found near the nature resort where she was holidaying with her family.(AP: The Lucie Blackman Trust/Family)
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After flying to Malaysia for a family holiday, Meabh Quoirin was jetlagged and exhausted when she says she heard whispers in the night.
Ms Quoirin, her husband Sebastien and their three children were staying in a chalet at an eco-resort near the edge of a large rainforest in Seremban.
On that night in August 2019, she said she distinctly remembers hearing "muffled" voices — possibly from two people — inside the family's chalet soon after they had all gone to bed.
"It almost felt very close, like there was some movement, possibly things being moved around," she said.
"It sounded like there was a conversation happening but in very whispered voices."
By the time the sun rose, her 15-year-old daughter Nora was missing from her bed and the window to their chalet was wide open.
A huge search was launched, involving hundreds of Malaysian police officers until Nora's naked body was found in a ravine.
But more than a year after Nora's death, the Quoirin family remain at odds with Malaysian officials over whether their daughter wandered off or was taken.
The Quoirins insist their daughter was abducted
The disappearance of Nora has been compared to the case of Madeleine McCann, the three-year-old British girl who disappeared from her bedroom during a family holiday in 2007.
But unlike the McCann case, Malaysian police ruled out foul play and concluded that Nora had left the chalet of her own accord during the night.

Hundreds of people took part in the 10-day search for Nora which ended when her body was discovered in a ravine.(Reuters: Lim Huey Teng)
An autopsy suggested she had died from internal bleeding, probably due to prolonged hunger and stress. But her parents dispute this and have always believed Nora was taken.
Both Ms and Mr Quoirin have given evidence from London as part of a Malaysian inquest into their daughter's death. The hearing is being conducted via video-conference because of the ongoing pandemic.
Ms Quoirin says her daughter had physical and cognitive disabilities that would have made it almost impossible for her even to make the decision to leave the room on her own in the dark, let alone climb through the window and wander in the surrounding forest without being found.
Nora had problems with balance and coordination. She was also underweight for her age, at just over 30 kilograms.
Hundreds of police officers spent days scouring the grounds of the Dusun eco-resort and surrounding jungle in Seremban.
It took 10 days to find her, and the autopsy results indicated she had died only two or three days before she was discovered.
'I saw the window open'
During three hours of continuous testimony, Ms Quoirin outlined what happened on the day Nora disappeared and why she believed her daughter was abducted or kidnapped.

Nora's parents say their daughter, who disappeared from a Malaysian resort in 2019, was not independent and had difficulty walking.(AP: The Royal Malaysia Police)
Nora had slept on a double mattress with her younger sister Innes on a mezzanine floor, accessible by a spiral staircase and only metres from her parents' bedroom below.
Innes had noticed Nora was missing the next morning but assumed she'd gone into her parents' bedroom.
Ms Quoirin said when she noticed the open window she became "incredibly stressed".

"The first thought that went through my mind was Nora has been taken," she told the inquest.

"I saw the window open. I knew it wasn't us. And I knew it wasn't physically or cognitively possible that Nora would have even noticed a window, let alone climbed out it."
Sebastien Quoirin told the inquest his wife told him she closed the window at the chalet the night before their daughter vanished.
"We realised very quickly her shoes were there and I could not believe with the difficulty of the terrain, the fact that that night was pitch black, that Nora could be far if she had left the chalet."
But she said Malaysian police were too slow to accept the possibility of criminal involvement in Nora's disappearance, or investigate whether she had been abducted and taken through the window.
They were more focused on a search and rescue mission, and the police officer who took her statement had struggled to communicate in English. Other senior police she had found "rude and arrogant".
"It took a long time to mobilise and explore any criminal route," she said.
"I believe that criminal evidence, if it existed, would have been lost during that time."
Malaysian police had failed to take fingerprints from the window until several days after Nora's disappearance, by which time countless people, including resort staff, had touched it.
'Nora would have been absolutely petrified'
Ms Quoirin said she had repeatedly tried to explain to police that her daughter was physically incapable of opening the window herself to climb outside, meaning the only way she could have left the chalet unaided was if she had opened the front door, perhaps mistaking it for the bathroom.
She acknowledged this was possible but "highly improbable."

Nora Anne Quoirin, who was 15 years old, went missing from a resort in Seremban, Malaysia in 2019.(Reuters: Lim Huey Teng)
Once she was outside, she said Nora's mental capacity was such that she would never have wandered off in the dark, least of all with no shoes or proper clothing.
"Nora would have been absolutely petrified. I believe strongly that she would have frozen and most likely, after a while, just sat down and waited for someone to come and help her."
Ms Quoirin does not believe her daughter would have screamed if someone unfamiliar had grabbed her from her bed.
"She would freeze if there was a problem. So she wouldn't necessarily cry out. She would often be silent and stare at the floor," she said.

"Nora was highly submissive, so if someone tried to hit Nora or push her she would let them do it. She wouldn't try to fight back or resist in any way.

"Which I think is a really important point, because … there were no markings on her body of a struggle."
The state of Nora's body raises questions for her parents
Ms Quoirin questioned why her daughter's body was found without injuries consistent with her walking for days through rough jungle terrain, as police have maintained.

Police in Malaysia say there were no signs of foul play in Nora's death.(AP: The Lucie Blackman Trust/ Family)
"There were scratches and markings on her body of course. But … none of those markings would be conducive to a child walking continuously in the jungle barefoot, naked," she said.
She said Nora's physical disabilities meant she had problems with balance, which would have made it extremely difficult to keep moving through dense jungle for so many days.
"She would often fall or stumble if she was walking in areas that were not flat or straight.
"And quite naturally you'd have a lot of damage to your body because of the terrain. And relatively speaking in context she did not. And I am quite shocked by that.
"Why does the state of her body not reflect that of someone who was constantly moving, and constantly exposed to the harshest elements?"
Nora's father Sebastien identified his daughter's body and distinctly remembers that while her feet were dirty, they were not particularly damaged.

Nora's parents say she was missing for 10 days in dense rainforest, but her body was relatively undamaged.(Reuters: Lim Huey Teng)
"The police had told us that Nora had been on the move for seven days, and they couldn't find Nora. How was it possible? How was it compatible with the state of Nora's feet?" he said.
Mr Quoirin told the inquest that if his daughter was indeed abducted, it was possible her captors later released her in panic.
"Perhaps the abductors realised that Nora actually perhaps was a liability instead of an asset because of her handicap," Mr Quoirin said.
"Probably they had not anticipated the incredible search and rescue operation in place, and the worldwide media attention to this crisis. And perhaps felt that, in a state of panic, it would be safer for them to release Nora."
Nora's two siblings have also testified but their evidence is being kept private.
Later this month, a British doctor who conducted a second autopsy on Nora's body will also testify remotely.
The Quoirin family has sued the Dusun resort owner for negligence, alleging that there was no security at the resort and that the window through which Nora is believed to have disappeared had a broken latch.
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Nora Anne Quoirin died by misadventure, coroner rules | Malay Mail
Lawyers representing The Dusun resort, Alliff Benjamin Suhaimi (left) and Datuk Gurdial Singh Nijar, at the Seremban Coroner’s Court January 4, 2021. — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
Lawyers representing The Dusun resort, Alliff Benjamin Suhaimi (left) and Datuk Gurdial Singh Nijar, at the Seremban Coroner’s Court January 4, 2021. — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
SEREMBAN, Jan 4 — The Coroner’s Court announced today that Irish-French teenager Nora Anne Quoirin’s death was a result of misadventure.

Coroner Maimoonah Aid said the injuries sustained by Quoirin, who disappeared from The Dusun resort in Negri Sembilan, where she had gone on holiday with her family in 2019, was probably self-inflicted and did not involve any third party.

“After hearing all the relevant evidence, I ruled that there was no one involved in the death of Nora Anne.

“It is more probable than not that she died by misadventure i.e. she had gone out of the Sora House on her own and subsequently got lost in the abandoned palm oil plantation.

“For me to speculate and presume of her action and involvement of a third party without any proven facts would be a breach of my duty. The inquiry is hereby closed,” she said in her verdict.

The verdict delivered in English, was also live-streamed through the Malaysian Judiciary’s official YouTube page.

Maimoonah, in delivering her two-hour long verdict, had earlier gone through excerpts of testimonies from the over 40 witnesses who testified throughout the inquest from late August to December last year.

Among others, the coroner highlighted that there were no signs suggesting the teenager was murdered or sexually assaulted following an extensive autopsy that was performed by senior pathologists.

Maimoonah also decided against an open verdict — whereby she would have confirmed Quoirin’s death under suspicious circumstances without being able to reach any other open conclusions.

She focused instead on the fact that Quoirin and her family were likely exhausted from their long journey after arriving in Malaysia in August 2019.

Describing the family as jet-lagged and tired, Maimoonah said it was likely the teenager may have wandered off on her own in a disoriented state after their arrival in a “strange and new place”.

Quoirin’s family was represented by lawyer S. Sakthyvell, while The Dusun resort was represented by lawyers Alliff Benjamin Suhaimi and Datuk Gurdial Singh Nijar.

Her parents were also present during the verdict this morning, opting to tune in virtually from their home in London due to travel restrictions imposed by the government.

When met by reporters outside court, Gurdial said he welcomed the coroner’s decision as her ruling proved that there was no culpability on the resort’s part in the teenager’s death.

As for the family’s counsel, Sakthyvell said the family would now need time to deliberate the next course of action following the court’s ruling.

“We have provided our advice. The family needs time to ponder and decide on the next course of action,” he said briefly when contacted.

A total of 49 witnesses were called to testify in the inquest proceedings that were also live-streamed to the public after it began on August 24 last year.

Irish teenager Nora Quoirin disappeared during her stay at The Dusun a tropical rainforest resort in Seremban, 63km south of Kuala Lumpur. — Picture courtesy of Lucie Blackman Trust
Irish teenager Nora Quoirin disappeared during her stay at The Dusun a tropical rainforest resort in Seremban, 63km south of Kuala Lumpur. — Picture courtesy of Lucie Blackman Trust
Quoirin, a 15-year-old with learning difficulties, disappeared from the resort last year where she was staying with her London-based family, triggering a 10-day hunt involving helicopters, sniffer dogs and hundreds of searchers.

Her body was discovered close to the jungle retreat and an autopsy found that she had died of internal bleeding linked to starvation after spending about a week in the dense rainforest.

The police had ruled out abduction as a motive, saying they found no signs of foul play but Quoirin’s family questioned the findings and insisted she had never before left them of her own accord.

 

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DAP MP says Nora Anne Quoirin’s parents should have been investigated for neglect in teen’s death | Malay Mail
Teresa Kok said the authorities failed to consider possible parental neglect when investigating the death of special needs teenager Nora Anne Quoirin. ― Picture by Miera Zulyana
Teresa Kok said the authorities failed to consider possible parental neglect when investigating the death of special needs teenager Nora Anne Quoirin. ― Picture by Miera Zulyana
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 — The authorities failed to consider possible parental neglect when investigating the death of special needs teenager Nora Anne Quoirin, claims Seputeh MP Teresa Kok.

Expressing disappointment at the Coroner’s Court verdict yesterday of Quoirin’s death being a misadventure, she said it is untenable to conclude that no one is responsible for the death of the 15-year old.

“Indeed the verdict has thrown lots of doubts and questions than answers from all the facts adduced. Additionally the Coroner had missed the golden opportunity to pursue the stark and undisputed material angle of parental negligence,” Kok said in a statement.

Kok asked why the court did not look into the plausibility of parental negligence, citing several apparent contradictions and unusual circumstances that were also reported in the news.

“Nora’s parents have always claimed that Nora could not walk unaided for not more than 20 feet, but this statement was contradicted when the video clip evidence of the close-circuit television (CCTV) recording at KLIA showed that Nora could even lug her own luggage and walked unaided for a distance far more longer than 20 feet.

“She did not show any sign of walking difficulties. The statement of her parents in the inquest seems contradictory to the statement of the police in the Coroner’s Court,” she said.

Kok also pointed out that Nora’s parents’ statement had misled the police in their initial search for the teenager, as Nilai police chief Supt Mohd Nor Marzukee was reported as saying that the police decided the search area was to be significantly expanded from between four and six square kilometres previously to a 20 square kilometres.

“The radius towards the nearby Gunung Berembun was only expanded on the eighth day of Nora’s disappearance, after the police have watched the CCTV footage of KLIA which indicated that Nora can walk unaided for some distance.

“The question is why did her parents lie to the police? If at all, the parents did not tell the truth to the police right from day one. Hence, one can only draw a logical conclusion that the police has been misled, from day one and that has clearly jeopardized the police investigations and search strategies.” she said.

Kok said it sounded incredible that a timid girl with learning difficulties could wander off from the Villa alone into the jungle, likely naked and with no footwear.

She also cited Irish child activist and lawyer Anne Brennan’s argument that Quoirin’s family may have been complicit in the teenager’s disappearance and death, adding that it should not be ruled out.

“Premised on the above, I therefore strongly urge the police to re-investigate this most unfortunate incident of poor Nora from all angles,” Kok said.

Quoirin, a French-Irish national, disappeared from the Dusun resort in Negri Sembilan in August 2019 during a holiday with her family, which resulted in a 10-day hunt involving helicopters, sniffer dogs and hundreds of searchers.

Her body was discovered close to the jungle retreat and an autopsy found that she had died of internal bleeding linked to starvation after spending about a week in the dense rainforest.

The police had ruled out abduction as a motive, saying they found no signs of foul play but Quoirin’s family questioned the findings and insisted she had never before left them of her own accord.

In yesterday’s verdict, Coroner Maimoonah Aid said the injuries sustained by Quoirin was probably self-inflicted and did not involve any third party.

A fortnight after Quoirin’s disappearance and several days after her remains were found, Brennan claimed in a Facebook post that the teenager’s family was doing everything in their power to subvert the course of justice.

She found the family’s decision to leave Malaysia with Nora Anne’s body highly suspicious, adding that her parents Meabh and Sebastien left almost immediately after being guaranteed that they would not be investigated for any involvement in their daughter’s disappearance and death.

Brennan also claimed the Quoirins somehow convinced the Malaysian authorities to abandon the murder inquiry and release Nora’s body without producing the necessary forensic and toxicology reports that form part of every standard criminal death investigation.

 

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Nora Anne’s family applies for revision of coroner’s court decision
Monday, 08 Feb 2021 04:51 PM MYT

Fifteen-year-old Franco-Irish teenager Nora Anne Quoirin is seen in a recent picture released by the Quoirin family on August 5, 2019. — AFP pic
SEREMBAN, Feb 8 — The family of Nora Anne Quoirin has filed an application seeking a revision of the verdict of the Coroner’s Court here which had declared the Franco-Irish teenager’s death a misadventure.
The family’s counsel Louise Azmi said the application was filed at the High Court here last Friday (Feb 5).






















“The application invites the learned judge to revise the verdict of misadventure delivered by the Seremban Coroner’s Court on Jan 4, 2021, following the inquiry into Nora Anne’s death.
“The firm will issue a further press release when the date of hearing is determined,” she said in a statement, today.

On Jan 4, Coroner Maimoonah Aid ruled that no one was involved in the 15-year-old teenager’s death and it was a case of misadventure.

A total of 48 witnesses, including the teenager’s parents, Meabh Jaseprine Quoirin and Sebastien Quoirin, testified during the inquest that began on Aug 24 last year.
Nora Anne went missing on Aug 4, 2019, a day after she and her family had arrived in Malaysia for a two-week vacation at a resort in Pantai, Seremban, about 60 kilometres south of Kuala Lumpur.
Ten days later, Nora Anne’s body was found near a ravine located about 2.5 kilometres from the resort, following a massive search.
The preliminary post-mortem report stated that the death of the teenager with disabilities had no criminal elements, and she was confirmed to have died from gastrointestinal bleeding due to prolonged hunger and stress. — Bernama