A security guard told the Coroner’s Court in Kota Kinabalu today that she found the late Zara Qairina Mahathir lying on her back in a drain, unconscious, and with her neck bleeding, at about 3am on July 16.

Linah Mansoding @ Jaliha, 65, who has served at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Agama Tun Datu Mustapha in Papar since July 1, 2012, said that on the day of the incident, at about 2am, she was patrolling the female hostel at Rabiatul Adawiyah Block and found no unusual incidents.

“I then proceeded to...