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Singer remanded over husband's death in condominium
Lahad Datu: Photos of slain intruders released
Police still on hunt for last two escaped detainees

Singer remanded over husband's death in condominium

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 07:19 AM PST

KUALA LUMPUR: A woman singer has been remanded for five days from Wednesday to assist in the investigation into the death of her husband in a condominium in Ampang Utama two days ago.

Ampang Jaya district police chief ACP Amiruddin Jamaluddin said a teenage boy and girl were remanded over the same investigation.

The 39-year-old victim was reported to have died after a quarrel, followed by a struggle, at about 5pm. - Bernama

Lahad Datu: Photos of slain intruders released

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 06:45 AM PST

Published: Wednesday March 6, 2013 MYT 5:03:00 PM
Updated: Wednesday March 6, 2013 MYT 10:45:25 PM

LAHAD DATU: Authorities released photos of 13 slain intruders Wednesday, following the all-out attack Tuesday by Malaysian security forces against armed Sulu gunmen holed up in Kampung Tanduo near here.

Sweep and mop-up operations at the site unearthed a mass grave containing the bodies of nine Sulu intruders.

Defence Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the Armed Forces also managed to seize weapons during the operation.

"This is the proof, the bodies that we managed to gather, and we are in the process of collecting more bodies," he told a press conference live on TV3 at Felda Sahabat Residence here.

Meanwhile, Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said that no Malaysian personnel was injured in the operation.

"We have to conduct a full post mortem on the dead bodies to determined how they died," he said.

The ministers also showed photographs of weapons seized at the scene and the body of the gunman who was shot and killed at 6.45am.

Police still on hunt for last two escaped detainees

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 06:36 AM PST

NIBONG TEBAL: Penang police are still tracking down the two remaining detainees, Hamzani Harun, 37, and Hisham Abdul Rahman, 39, who escaped from police detention while on the way to the Butterworth Court from the Penang Prison on Jan 7.

"We'll get them sooner or latter," state deputy police chief Datuk Abdul Rahim Jaafar told reporters after a community policing programme here Wednesday.

The two men were among nine detainees who escaped after hijacking the police van carrying them.

Two of them were recaptured near the police van which was abandoned in Kampung Padang Chempedak, Tasek Gelugor while two more, Mohd Fairuz Adam, 31, and Mohd Noor Mustafa, 28, were shot dead after attempting to flee in a car and shooting at police in Kampung Padang Ibu, Bukit Mertajam, near here, on Jan 10.

Two days later, police detained Mohd Farid Akhtar, 24, at a foodstall in Kampung Petani, Kubang Semang while Mohd Shahrimi Mohd Noor, 28, gave himself up at the Penanti market and Mohd Khairulnizam Abdul Rani, 26, was caught in an internet cafe in Berapit, Bukit Mertajam. - Bernama

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Rabu, 6 Mac 2013