Stupidity that stinks to heaven

Extract of the TBH Coroner's inquiry between Malaysian Prosecutor and the forensic expert from Thailand.

Abdul Razak representing the Public Prosecutor's Office
Dr. Porntip Rojanasunand Thai pathologist.

 

ABDUL RAZAK: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep,he doesn't know about it until the next morning?

PORNTIP: Did you actually pass the bar exam?

ABDUL RAZAK: Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people?
PORNTIP: All of them...The living ones put up too much of a fight.

ABDUL RAZAK: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
PORNTIP: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.

ABDUL RAZAK: And Teoh Beng Hock was dead at the time?
PORNTIP: If he was not dead, he would be dead by the time I finished autopsy.

ABDUL RAZAK: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
PORNTIP: No.

ABDUL RAZAK: Did you check for blood pressure?
PORNTIP: No.

ABDUL RAZAK: Did you check for breathing?
PORNTIP: No.

ABDUL RAZAK: So, then is it possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
PORNTIP: No.

ABDUL RAZAK: How can you be so sure, doctor?
PORNTIP: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.

ABDUL RAZAK: I see, but could the patient be still alive nevertheless?
PORNTIP: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law.