CRADLE FUND CEO’S MURDER: WIDOW AND HER EX-HUSBAND REMANDED
Wife, ex-husband picked up to facilitate investigation following post-mortem results
CRADLE Fund Sdn Bhd chief executive officer Nazrin Hassan, who was found dead in a fire at his residence in Petaling Jaya on June 4, is believed to have died before the blaze began.
Sources told the New Straits Times that a post-mortem examination showed that apart from burn marks on his body, there were also two holes or wounds on the left side of his head.
Following this, two individuals have been arrested by the police to facilitate the investigation.
Selangor Criminal Investigation Department chief Senior Assistant Commissioner Fadzil Ahmat said the first arrest involved a 43-year-old man, who was picked up at 1am yesterday.
The second person was Nazrin’s widow, who was arrested later at 2.15am.
“The first suspect was arrested in Sepang. He is the ex-husband of Nazrin’s widow.
“Nazrin’s widow was arrested at her home in Taman Tun Dr Ismail,” he said.
Fadzil said the arrests were made after the case was reclassified as murder under Section 302 of the Penal Code. This followed a forensic report by the Fire and Rescue Department that traces of petrol were found at the crime scene.
Both suspects were produced for remand at the Petaling Jaya magistrate’s court yesterday morning.
Nazrin’s widow, clad in a black T-shirt, arrived in court at 11am. The woman, who is a senior executive at Intellectual Property Corp of Malaysia, appeared solemn.
She had previously criticised the authorities probing into her husband’s death, saying she had been kept out of the loop on the status of the investigations.
She had also accused the Fire and Rescue Department of making claims that were patently untrue.
On June 14 this year, Nazrin, 45, was found dead of what was initially said to be smoke inhalation in a fire at his house in Mutiara Damansara.
Just before the incident, he had complained of a migraine and gone to bed after taking medication.
Initial reports suggested that his handphone, which was next to him, had exploded while being charged.
However, following a report by the Fire and Rescue Department, as well as results of the postmortem examination, the case was later classified as murder.