Nora Quoirin’s family to challenge Malaysian inquest ruling

A coroner ruled that the London teenager’s 2019 death near a Malaysian jungle resort was due to ‘misadventure’

But her family say many questions were left unanswered and they believe her body was placed where it was found 10 days after she disappeared

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Nora Quoirin, who went missing from a Malaysian rainforest resort on August 4, 2019, died by ‘misadventure’, a coroner ruled. But her family plans to challenge this finding. Photo: AFP

Published: 1:45pm, 21 Jan 2021Updated: 1:48pm, 21 Jan 2021

The family of a French-Irish teenager will challenge an inquest ruling that she died by misadventure after vanishing in the Malaysian jungle while on holiday, their lawyer said on Thursday.

The body of Nora Quoirin, a 15-year-old with learning difficulties, was discovered after a massive hunt through the rainforest following her disappearance from a resort outside Kuala Lumpur in 2019.

Earlier this month, a coroner handed down a ruling of misadventure, indicating her death was accidental rather than a crime, and said no one else was involved.

But her London-based parents, who believe the schoolgirl was abducted, now plan to file a request for the ruling to be revised in the High Court, said lawyer S. Sakthyvell.

The challenge would be submitted “as soon as possible” in the court in the city of Seremban but he could not confirm when it would begin.

If that fails, the family can lodge a final challenge at the court of appeal.

The teen’s mother, Meabh, told the BBC this week that “so many questions have been left unanswered” after the verdict, and she believed someone had placed her daughter’s body in the spot where it was found.