Thai forensic pathologist, Dr Pornthip Rojansunand. Those of you who don't know her, she's the one in the yellow shirt on the left—not the one on the right.
Just a couple of months ago I wrote about Dr Pornthip who's presently in the spotlight again in the ongoing Teoh Beng Hock's inquest. She caused quite a stir in April when she refused to return to Malaysia as the expert witness on grounds that she's been threatened. Yet now she is back in Malaysia again and actually appeared in court today as the expert witness for the inquest. [The Star]
I can't imagine how Dr Pornthip sleeps at night—it must be extremely difficult to have a proper sleep with that unique hairstyle, but apart from that she must be constantly worried for her life. For better or for worse, I hope she won't end up in a secluded jungle and shot in the head and then blown up into pieces. That would be a great loss. After all, how many doctors you know have that kind of hair, for crying out loud?
I find it very interesting that the counsel for the MACC, Datuk Abdul Razak Musa, questioned Dr Pornthip's credibility, qualifications and experience. I suppose nobody can blame Abdul Razak. If I were in his shoes, I'd imagine having a hard time suppressing my roar of laughter.
But jokes aside, I have the feeling that all the trouble of bringing Dr Pornthip to Malaysia to testify will come to nothing in the end. The MACC simply can't lose this action—Malaysia has too much at stake if that should happen. So I think one way or another, in the end somehow the court will come to the conclusion of suicide. After all, the MACC's expert is said to be more qualified since he's from Bristol University; and just a few days ago, an alleged suicide note by the victim had suddenly surfaced from the abyss of his bag after 18 months of police investigation.
So the stage has been set for the grand finale; the music has started. All that's left now is for the lawyers to dance to the tune, and the judge to announce his finding.
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Quote: [Caption of the first picuture] - Thai forensic pathologist, Dr Pornthip Rojansunand. Those of you who don't know her, she's the one in the yellow shirt on the left—not the one on the right.
Thanks for explaining. I thought it was the one at the back!!! Haha....
Anonymous,
Haha! I sometimes can't resist the temptation to include a little sense of humour into my posts. Well, I need to ensure that people won't be mistaken, you know! No, it can't be the one at the back; it looks too pleasant to be Dr Pornthip.
If you're in a morgue, observing the good doctor performing an autopsy on a corpse, would you be more afraid of the corpse or the doctor? Seriously. (Gee I hate myself for this!)
Besides the centres, Cornelius, they can think of religious places or even somebody's home or why not the police station itself.
Scho,
I wish I have the answer to your question. I can only guess that it has a lot to do with the mentality of those people in the places you've mentioned.
And also, Scho, in Malaysia, when any of those so-called professional bodies assures you of anonymity, not many people actually can trust such assurances.
I can see it in my mind that a woman goes to, say, a church to leave her baby. The priest would be worried if he would end up accused of in the business of selling babies, for example. So he will need some information from the mother. And if the priest knows, then others will also know. And that's the thing the mother is trying to avoid in the first place.
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