SHAH ALAM: The family of a lecturer who was believed to have been killed by her husband with a dumbbell in a house on Jalan Sungai Congkak, Bukit Rimau here is still in shock over the incident.
A family member who requested anonymity said that he received the news regarding the incident while he was at work at about 8am Friday.
“I was only told that the victim had died and was asked to come to Shah Alam Hospital (HSA). The family is still in shock and leaving the matter to the police,” he said when met by the media that included Bernama at the Forensic Department of HSA here yesterday.
He said the victim, the second of three siblings, was expected to be buried in their mother’s hometown in Kampung Sungai Kembong, Pulau Indah, Port Klang, yesterday.
Meanwhile, the police have obtained an order to remand the suspect in the case for seven days starting yesterday.
The remand order was issued by Deputy Registrar Saidatul Akmar Suberi.
Yesterday, Shah Alam OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Iqbal Ibrahim was reported to have said that a college lecturer died, believed to have been hit with a dumbbell by her husband at a house in Jalan Sungai Congkak, Shah Alam early yesterday.
He said police initially received a report at 5.33am from the suspect claiming that his wife had a seizure, and subsequently took her to Shah Alam Hospital as she was unconscious.
He said an examination by the doctor found that the 33-year-old woman had injuries in several parts of her body, and further investigation revealed that the victim was assaulted before being taken to the hospital.
Acting on the information, he said the police nabbed the 38-year-old man at the Shah Alam Hospital, and the dumbbell believed to have been used to beat his wife was also seized.
