Probe into Dutch teen's death to resume

A Malaysian court has ordered police to resume a probe into the death of Dutch teenager Ivana Smit, vindicating her family’s allegations of a botched investigation into the eight-year-old case.

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Awarding Smit’s mother more than one million ringgit (7.6 million baht) in damages, the Malaysian High Court found a “profound failure” in how police handled the 2017 case, according to court documents seen by AFP yesterday.

Judge Roz Mawar Rozain said numerous investigative errors were made from the start, including failure to preserve evidence, mishandling a potential crime scene and allowing a couple allegedly at the site to leave the country.