Doctor: Adib's injuries unusual for assault

INQUEST | The late firefighter Muhammad Adib Mohd Kassim's injuries were unusual for assault, a doctor who examined him said today.

Testifying at the inquest on Adib's death, Dr S Anand said the firefighter's injuries were concentrated on his chest, or the thoracic region.

“His injuries were consistent with that of a high-impact or high-velocity force or injury, a crushing injury, a fall from a height, rapid acceleration and deceleration or assault.

“But it is unusual to have major trauma confined to one area due to assault. You would normally find self-defence wounds which were not evident in his case,” Anand was quoted as saying by the Malay Mail.

The cardiothoracic surgeon with the Subang Jaya Medical Centre, however, said it would be difficult to determine the exact cause of Adib's injuries.

“It is difficult to say but from the severity, it looks like major trauma from a high impact or high-velocity incident but it is unusual for it to be localised in one area for a case of trauma,” he reiterated.

Adib, who was an Emergency Medical Rescue Services personnel from the Subang Jaya Fire and Rescue Station, was critically injured in the Seafield Sri Maha Mariamman temple riot on Nov 27 last year and died on Dec 17 at the National Heart Institute (IJN). - Mkini