A technicality caused a snag to court proceedings on whether a second post-mortem should be conducted on the body of dead police detainee Ho Kwai See, whom his family suspects was assaulted in custody.

An hour into the hearing today, the case took an unexpected turn when the counsel for the defendant - Universiti Malaya - questioned the Kuala Lumpur High Court's jurisdiction.

Lawyer PS Ranjan raised two points to support his view that the case should not be heard before the court.