The accused Haniff is a free man now. The High Court ruled that the prosecution failed to make a prima facie case against the accused.
It is submitted that the prosecution did not pay enough attention to forensic details.
Among the forensic techniques used in these case are
1. DNA profiling
2. Fingerprint lifting
I am puzzled to read that the prosecution has charged Haniff in court prior to the release of DNA report. This is a grave mistake by the prosecution.
Besides that, we should beef up the police forensic team. It is annoying to know that the cameraman also has additional role to lift the fingerprint of the crime scene. I think the poor cameraman was over-burden and he actually only lift the fingerprint of the door knob of one side and ignoring the other side.
The police forensic team should have a team member called Latent Fingerprint Examiner and his/her role is for processing fingerprints at the crime scene and nothing else.
Perhaps, it is timely to send Police Investigation officers and Deputy Public Prosecutors to attend forensic science course. UM Law Faculty offered a one-year full time Master in Criminal Justice which fits into this requirement. The MCJ course covers the core subjects of forensic science and law.
There is also a BSc Forensic Science course offered by USM (Kelantan). It is more lean
towards forensic science.
There is also a forensic science mailing list for self-learners. Those participate in the mailing list are forensic scientists and legal enforcement officers from all over the world. There are 2000 over participants in the list.
Another good intro to Forensic Science is Dr Henry Lee's site. He has served as police officer in both Taiwan and USA, earned his degree, master and PhD in Chemical and Forensic Science in USA.
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