OCPD daughter’s case classified as sudden death

KOTA KINABALU: No arrests have been made over the death of the Lahad Datu police chief’s teenage daughter.

Sabah Deputy Police Commissioner Datuk Shahurinain Jais said the case has for now been classified as “sudden death” and therefore no suspects were arrested.

“We have not made any arrest because there were no signs of foul play involving other people in this case,” he was quoted as saying by a local daily.

He said that so far, the police have only seized a Walther P99 semi-automatic pistol from the scene, and called in three people to facilitate the probe but he did not reveal their identities.

The post mortem results indicated that she died from a single gunshot which entered the front of her chest, struck her lungs and then exited her back.

Shahurinain was commenting on the death of Lahad Datu OCPD Asst Comm Dzulbaharin Ismail’s 14-year-old daughter, who succumbed to a gunshot wound on Tuesday afternoon.

Meanwhile, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said police were seeking more details about the incident.

On Tuesday, Razarudin was reported by Bernama as saying that the victim’s 16-year-old sister had found her lying in a room after returning home from school in the afternoon.

He also said the victim’s father was in Kinabatangan during the incident to handle relocation matters as he was recently promoted.

He urged the public to stop speculating on the matter as a probe is under way.

Razarudin also said witnesses were being identified and called to facilitate the investigation.

ACP Dzulbaharin’s daughter was reported to have been found lying in a pool of blood in a room at a house in Taman Tabanak, Lahad Datu, with a gun in her hand at around 12.40pm.

It is learnt that the gun belongs to the Lahad Datu police chief.

ACP Dzulbaharin had been promoted and transferred to Lahad Datu on April 1.