PETALING JAYA: Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd chief executive officer Nazrin Hassan's wife, Samirah Muzaffar, has had her remand extended for another three days in his ongoing murder investigation.
Magistrate Nurulhuda Zakariya granted the remand order until Thursday (Sept 13) to aid police in their investigation.
Earlier on the same day, a protest by family and friends of the teenagers arrested in connection with the murder investigation, forced police to tighten security at the Petaling Jaya court complex on Monday (Sept 10).
The 10am demonstration on court grounds saw family and friends holding up signs to protest alleged mistreatment by the police on the teenagers. They dispersed shortly after.
Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Zani Che Din said that police presence was increased and movement in and out of the court complex was restricted following the protest.
"No arrests were made. We just want to ensure that court proceedings are not disrupted," he said when contacted.
A children's rights activist, who was also at the protest, criticised the manner in which two teenagers were brought to court for a remand hearing.
Voice of the Children's Dr Hartini Zainudin told The Star that there could have been irreparable psychological damage done to the two teenage boys, aged 14 and 16, who were handcuffed and barefooted when they were brought to the Petaling Jaya magistrate's court on Sunday (Sept 9).
The court had granted the police a seven-day remand order on the teenagers.
It is learnt that the teenagers' lawyer plans to appeal the remand order against them at the Shah Alam High Court on Tuesday (Sept 11).
The case is being investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder.
Last week, police detained Samirah and her ex-husband, both 43.
Samirah's ex-husband has been since released by the police while she was remanded for seven days.
Nazrin's death was initially believed to have been due to a fire at his home on June 14.
Early last month, police reclassified the case as murder following a forensic investigation by the Fire and Rescue Department.
Nazrin was found dead after being trapped in a fire on the upper floor of his house in Mutiara Damansara with burn marks on 30 percent of his body.
Samirah, a senior executive at the Malaysian Intellectual Property Corporation (MyIPO), had also criticised the authorities over the handling of the case.
She claimed to have written to the department requesting for updates but was told that the report could not be given to her because Nazrin’s death was a high profile case.
In a statement on Aug 14, she said she had requested for information on certain missing items belonging to Nazrin, which have not been seen since the incident.
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