TAIPING: Police detained a teenage couple this evening after they admitted to involvement in the murder of a Form Four student of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan King Edward VII here, on Friday.
Taiping District Police Chief ACP Osman Mamat said the body of the 16-year-old male student was found by the public behind an empty house, next to his home at Glenview Park, Kamunting near here at about 12.18pm today.
He said the suspects, the victim’s 14-year-old sister and her 15-year-old boyfriend, were detained at about 4.25pm at their homes.
According to Osman, preliminary investigation revealed the female suspect had brought her boyfriend and friends to the empty house before escaping after the victim returned from school.
“The male suspect had left his handphone at the girl’s house. The victim who had answered a phone call on the phone had asked his sister’s boyfriend to come to the house to collect the phone before it was believed a fight ensued that ended with the murder,“ he said, here today.
Osman said the suspects who were still schooling, were believed to have used plastic to cover the victim’s head, before slitting his neck and both wrists with a knife and throwing it behind the empty house.
He said a family member who lodged a police report on the victim’s disappearance since Friday, identified the body.
“The victim’s body was sent to Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital in Ipoh for post-mortem ,” he said adding a report would be prepared following an investigation. — Bernama
