REMAND EXTENDED FOR MURDER SUSPECT
He allegedly admitted to committing the crime
A29-YEAR-OLD man, who admitted to murdering his 63-yearold mother and dumping her body in a sewage tank in Jalan Sungai Burung here, had his remand extended for another seven days beginning yesterday.
Magistrate Nur Azzuin Abdul Moati allowed the police’s application to extend the remand until Oct 9 to assist investigations into the case under Section 302 of Penal Code for murder.
The man was led to the Balik Pulau magistrate’s court here at 8.40am for the remand extension.
He appeared calm and smiled when photographers took photos of him.
It was reported that a senior citizen, who had been missing from her home since Sept 19, was found dead in a sewage tank behind her house in Kampung Sungai Burung here on Sept 23.
Police believe that the victim, identified as Faridah Mat Hashim, had been murdered by her son, who went into hiding soon afterwards.
He was arrested on Sept 25 in front of the district Health Department in Jalan Air Putih here and admitted that he had committed the crime. He was initially remanded for seven days.
Sources said he appeared confused. “Maybe he could not get over his habit of sniffing petrol, which made him appear ‘disorderly’ when in custody,” said the source.
“During interrogation, he told police that it was his mother who had first picked up the knife and pointed it at him in the kitchen of their home before the incident happened.”