As the judicial inquest to determine the identity of a highly decomposed body drags on, G Sara Lily's patience is wearing thin as she is convinced that the remains lying for nearly seven months in a hospital morgue is that of her son.

The anguished mother, who attended today's hearing in a wheelchair after injuring her ankles in a fall, once again urged for the proceedings to be expedited.

"All I want is my son's body back, so that I could give him a proper burial. What is it so hard about that?" she asked, choking back tears, when met outside the Kuala Lumpur magistrate's court.

The body in the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre morgue was fished out of the Klang river on May 23.

Following this, Sara Lily positively identified it as her son G Francis Udayappan, who was said to have escaped from police custody a month earlier, based on a tattoo and teeth deformity.

However, the police insisted on a DNA test and the one done with Sara Lily's blood sample did not produce a match.

The mother, who since the onset had accused the police of foul play, later claimed that the hospital was colluding with the police to cover-up the case.

This led the Attorney-General to order for an inquest.

'I know my son'

This afternoon, Sara Lily expressed regret that the DNA test failed to produce a match.

"I'm his mother. I know my son. Any mother would be able to recognise her son, regardless of how he looks," she said, referring to the body's state of decomposition.

The housewife in her 40s added that she has been having trouble coping with the situation, especially since the case has been dragging.