01-07-2025
Remand order extended for undocumented foreign couple suspected of Rantau Panjang murder
The husband and wife exit the courtroom after the extension of their remand.
SIBU (July 1): The remand period for an Indonesian couple detained in connection with the murder of a man at a garden in Jalan Rantau Panjang here has been extended by a week.
Magistrate Oon Kork Chern granted the extension following an application by the investigating officer ASP Mingat Bakil to enable further investigation of the case under Section 302 of the Penal Code.
Sibu police chief ACP Zulkipli Suhaili previously said in a statement that the victim, an Indonesian in his 30s who was also in the state illegally, was found lying in a pool of blood by a member of the public on June 23.
Police received a report regarding the discovery at 5.17pm and then arrested the husband and wife, who are both undocumented, around 9.50pm along Jalan Teku-Pasai Siong on the same day.
They were initially placed on a seven-day remand order, which expired today.
Section 302 of the Penal Code provides for the death penalty upon conviction or between 30 and 40 years in prison as well as caning if the death penalty is not applied.
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