He said a report on the results of the second post-mortem had been submitted but could only be released to the public with the consent of the police.
“Maybe next week I will ask the health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah to issue a press release on the matter.
“We will make the statement only after talking to the police and getting their consent,” he told a press conference at the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) today.
Asked whether the latest results showed any signs of abuse on Thaqif’s body, he said the first post-mortem had already revealed evidence of abuse.
On May 19, Bernama reported Subramaniam as saying that the results of the second autopsy were expected to be known in two weeks.
The first autopsy, which was conducted in Hospital Sultan Ismail in Johor Bahru where Thaqif was warded and subsequently died, failed to find the cause of death.
The 11-year-old Thaqif was admitted to the hospital for leg injuries allegedly caused by repeated beatings with a rubber hose.
The boy’s legs became infected soon after, following which both were amputated.
Doctors also wanted to amputate the boy’s right arm, which had become infected as well, but Thaqif died before the surgery could be performed.
A 29-year-old assistant warden of the school was arrested and later released on a RM20,000 court bond. The case has been classified as murder.