A Singaporean man was charged in the Melaka Magistrate’s Court today with the gruesome murder of his wife and stepson in Batu Berendam between Oct 6 and 7.
Shahrul Nizam Zuraimy, 31, was charged with the murder of Norfazera Bidin, 27, at a house in Taman Merdeka Jaya, Batu Berendam, between 9 pm, Oct 6 and 1 am, Oct 7.
He was also charged with the murder of an 11-year-old boy on the same date and at the same time and place.
Clad in a black t-shirt and a pair of jeans, Shahrul appeared calm when he was produced before magistrate Muhammad Nazrin Ali Rahim.
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The charge, under Section 302 of the Penal Code, provides for the mandatory death sentence upon conviction.
No plea was recorded.
Nazrin set Dec 16 for mention pending the post-mortem report.
The prosecution was conducted by Deputy Public Prosecutor Anis Najwa Nazari. Shahrul was not represented.
It was reported that a grass cutter, who was working along the shoulder of the main road at Kampung Ladang, near the industrial area, stumbled upon eight separate human body parts strewn along his grass cutting route at 4pm on Oct 10.
Following the shocking discovery, the 37-year-old immediately lodged a report at the Tanjung Minyak police station.
Melaka police chief Datuk Mat Kasim Karim said a suspect, who was believed to be related to the woman was detained by the Singaporean authorities there the following day.
The suspect was believed to have stabbed the woman to death with a kitchen knife in the rented house following an argument.
Upon realising that his stepson had witnessed the act, the suspect allegedly killed the boy too. The boy, 11, was the oldest of the woman’s four children from a previous marriage.
The man allegedly chopped up the bodies with a parang and discarded the parts at two locations. The victims’ heads were reportedly stashed in the house attic.
Police sources said the body parts were discarded 7km from the house, a 14-minute drive by car.
The victims’ remains on Monday were given a proper burial at the Bertam-Malim Muslim Cemetery.