Banting murders: Investigating officer told to re-pack soil sample

SHAH ALAM: An investigating officer told the High Court hearing the case of the murders of cosmetic millionaire Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya and three others that he was ordered by a chemist to place the soil sample which was sent for analysis into a bottle.

ASP Mohd Ishak Yaakob, from the Dang Wangi district police headquarters, said the forensic police had packed the soil sample in six long tubes when it was sent to the Chemistry Department on Oct 10, 2010.