Tawau murder case: Witness denies tampering with car found at crime scene


TAWAU: A police officer from the D7a unit has told the High Court that he did not tamper with the interior of a car linked to the murder of an ehailing driver at an oil palm plantation in 2023.

During re-examination by Deputy Public Prosecutor Mohammad Fakhrurrazi Ahmad, prosecution witness Insp Muhammad Amir Aiman Abu, 33, said he only acted on instruction of the investigating officer to seize the involved car and transfer it to the Tawau district police headquarters.

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