Couple nabbed over deadly Segamat blaze, allegedly hired by S'pore-based ah long for arson


JOHOR BARU: A couple, believed to be hired by a Singapore-based loan shark to commit arson, have been arrested for a house fire that killed a 72-year-old woman in Kampung Bukit Siput, Segamat, on July 25.

Johor police chief Comm Ab Rahaman Arsad said the Segamat District Police Headquarters operations centre received an emergency call regarding a fire involving five houses at about 4.30am.

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