Mohd Kassim Abdul Ghani, who works as a farmer, told the Coroner’s Court that he was informed by a nurse on duty that his son was experiencing pain in his sleep.
“My wife and I went to the hospital and we calmed him down. Alhamdulillah, he eventually calmed down,” he said when questioned by Syazlin Mansor, the lawyer for the housing and local government ministry, about Adib’s 20-day stay at IJN.
However, he did not specify when the incident took place.
Kassim also told the inquest that during his stay at IJN, his son had said he wanted to go back to his hometown in Kuala Kedah.
“He wrote a note saying he wanted to go back to our kampung, but I told him that he could not leave the hospital as he needed to seek treatment here.
“He accepted what I said to him,” Kassim added.
When asked by conducting officer Hamdan Hamzah whether he had spoken to Adib about what happened during the temple riot on Nov 27 last year, Kassim said no.
“He was in trauma, and I did not want him to go through what happened that night again.
“Adib only asked about how his siblings and mother were doing. He did not tell us what he had gone through.”
Kassim also told the court he felt injuries on the back of Adib’s head when he saw his son in the hospital.
“I was stroking his head at the hospital, and I felt there were lumps behind his head. It seemed to be injury scars,” he said, adding that Adib’s body was swollen and there were injury marks on the right side of his chest and rib cage.
He told the court he hoped the authorities could take action against those who had started and participated in the riot.
“I want to see justice for Adib,” he said when asked by coroner Rofiah Mohamad if he had anything to say to the court.
The inquest continues before coroner Rofiah tomorrow.
The inquest was called by the government amid conflicting claims on the cause of Adib’s death.
He was part of a response team sent from the Subang Jaya fire and rescue station on Nov 27 to the Sri Maha Mariamman temple area in USJ 25 in answer to a call that cars had been set on fire.