Coroner Amir Shah Amir Hassan postponed the hearing to Monday, saying he was “very disappointed” in the matter.

“Please take the necessary steps and lodge a police report on this issue,” Bernama reported him as saying.

He added that the next proceedings would be held in camera.

Lawyer Ram Singh, representing the student witness, said earlier that his client had been prepared to testify.

However, he said she and her mother became frightened and distressed after the statement went viral.

“I have seen the names and addresses of the five accused children exposed on TikTok. I seek the court’s guidance to protect their identities, as the public now knows that these accused are scheduled to testify,” said Ram, adding that he would lodge a police report.

Earlier today, SMKA Tun Datu Mustapha head warden Azhari Abd Sagap, the eighth witness in the inquest, concluded his testimony after saying that Zara’s mother Noraidah Lamat said her daughter had recorded the names of students who did not pray in a purple diary.

He said Noraidah told him of this on the night of July 16 at Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

Azhari said this in response to a question by counsel Joan Goh, who represents one of the minors accused of bullying Zara, as to whether Noraidah had ever asked him if Zara had reported any issues at school.

“Her mother said her daughter had been diligent in recording the names of students who did not pray and those who had or had not performed their mandatory ablutions in that purple diary,” he said.

Zara, 13, died at Queen Elizabeth Hospital on July 17, a day after she was found unconscious in a drain near her school hostel at 4am.

On Aug 13, the Attorney-General’s Chambers ordered that an inquest be held after reviewing the investigation report submitted by the police.

This followed its order on Aug 8 for the exhumation of Zara’s remains for an autopsy.