The South Australian Parliament intends to closely monitor the proceedings of a coronial inquest starting today into the mysterious disappearance and presumed murder of Australian grandmother, Annapuranee "Anna" Jenkins (above, left).

In a statement released today by his chief of staff, South Australian member of the Legislative Council Frank Pangallo highlighted that he was taking a keen interest in the inquest.

Pangallo successfully moved a motion in South Australia's Legislative Council late last year that called on the king of Malaysia to request the Malaysian police to conduct a thorough investigation into the case.

Earlier, her family expressed the hope that the inquest to be held in Penang from today (March 28) to April 1 will not declare that the latter had died of "sudden death".