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The Star

Jealousy has been identified as the main motive behind the brutal murder of a woman found dismembered in Indah Permai, Malaysia’s Sabah state, following the arrest of two suspects.
The suspects, a father and his son, were held to facilitate investigations just hours after body parts were found in several dump sites in Indah Permai near Kota Kinabalu on Thursday.
The main suspect, a 70-year-old, was first arrested in the city at around 5pm while his son, in his 20s, was caught about 11pm from a residential area in Sepanggar.
Both will be investigated for murder.
Kota Kinabalu Superintendent Syed Lot Syed Ab Rahman confirmed the arrests.
This arrest has led to the solving of the case, though investigations are ongoing to complete investigation papers, he added.
Earlier on Thursday, a trash collector stumbled upon a dismembered arm that fell out of a rubbish bag when picking up waste.
A police report was immediately lodged, with officers later finding a head and a torso at around 11.40am at a site not too far away from the first location.
Based on initial information, the victim was believed to have been dismembered into at least seven parts using a sharp tool elsewhere before they were bagged and thrown in different locations.
Kota Kinabalu Assistant Commissioner Kasim Muda said teams of investigators, as well as the K9 Unit, were sent to the scene once they received the call around 8am.
“We subsequently found other body parts belonging to a woman in several nearby locations and believe they belong to the same person,” he said in a statement, adding that the identity of the victim has yet to be ascertained.
This story was first published by The Star


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Jealousy cited as a motive in the murder of the woman whose body parts were found at multiple locations in Kota Kinabalu


Jealousy cited as a motive in the murder of the woman whose body parts were found at multiple locations in Kota Kinabalu.


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Father, son arrested in Malaysia after woman’s dismembered remains found at landfills

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Jealousy cited as a motive in the murder of the woman whose body parts were found at multiple locations in Kota Kinabalu