Cops find phone believed to be Nur Farah Kartini's in oil palm estate drain

HULU SELANGOR: A smartphone, believed to have belonged to murder victim Nur Farah Kartini Abdullah, was found at a drain of a palm oil estate in Kampung Sri Keledang, Hulu Bernam, here.

The device was discovered by the Selangor police's Forensic Sub Aquatic unit at about 12.21pm after diving for an hour on Wednesday (July 17).

At the same time, police also brought the 26-year-old suspect to the location to identify that the phone belonged to Nur Farah Kartini.

The process to search for other evidence is still ongoing.

It was reported that Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the victim's body was found at a palm oil plantation in Kampung Sri Kledang, Hulu Selangor on July 15.

Nur Farah Kartini was reported missing in Tanjung Malim, Perak, on July 11.

She was reported missing after sending a rental car to a customer at Taman Universiti, Tanjung Malim.

A policeman, believed to be her boyfriend, has since been detained and remanded for seven days.

The case is classified under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder.