The mood inside the courtroom in Shah Alam was a mixture of joy and sombre as Coroner Rofiah Mohamad delivered her verdict that firefighter Muhammad Adib Mohd Kassim's death was a result of criminal act.<br /><br />The court also ruled today that Adib's death was also caused by the failure of police to act at the time of the incident.<br /><br />In delivering her judgement, Coroner Rofiah Mohamad said that the court concluded that the blunt chest trauma sustained by Adib during the incident was not self-inflicted or an accident, but was caused by two to three unidentified persons who pulled the victim out of the fire department EMRS van, hitting him and dragging him.<br /><br />The court will now leave it to the Attorney-General and police to carry out investigations and to press charges.
