A police forensics team with material gathered from the victim's home on Dec 25. – BERNAMApic
JOHOR BARU: The two foreign suspects arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of a woman near Skudai on Sunday (Dec 24) have been remanded for seven days.
Johor Baru North OCPD Asst Comm Balveer Singh said the remand order against the suspects, a man and a woman, was issued by Magistrate’s Court senior assistant registrar Nur Khalida Farhana Abu Bakar under Section 117 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
"The duo will be remanded until Dec 31,” he said in a statement on Tuesday (Dec 26).
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According to ACP Balveer Singh, the 24-year-old man, who is also the victim’s brother, and the 41-year-old woman lived in the same house as the victim.
A 41-year-old foreign woman was found stabbed to death at a house in Taman Ungku Tun Aminah early Sunday morning.
The police then arrested the suspects at 7.47pm the same day and seized a knife at the scene of the crime.
ACP Balveer Singh said police were still looking into the motive for the crime. – Bernama
