The suspects were believed to have used a plastic to cover the victim’s head, before slitting his neck and both wrists with a knife and throwing it behind the empty house.
A pair of teenage lovers have been remanded for six days from today to facilitate investigations into the murder of a Form Four student of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan King Edward 7, last Friday.
The remand order was issued by Senior Assistant Registrar of the Magistrate’s Court, Nurul Hidayah Ismail for investigation under Section 302 of the Penal Code.
The 14-year-old female suspect, who is also the victim’s sister, and her 15-year-old boyfriend, arrived in court in lock-up attire at 8.30 am from the Taiping district police headquarters.
Yesterday, the 16-year-old student’s body was found by a neighbour dumped in the backyard of an empty house, near his own house.
“The body was found at the back lane of their neighbour’s house in Taman Glenview at about 12.20am Sunday.
“The body was found wrapped in plastic,” Taiping District Police Chief ACP Osman Mamat said in a statement.
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.
Both suspects were detained at around 4.25 pm yesterday at their homes and have admitted to killing the victim.
It is understood that the victim was killed after he got into a fight with his sister’s boyfriend who had wanted to retrieve his handphone which he had left at the girl’s house.
“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,” Osman said.
Osman said the suspects were believed to have used a 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 yesterday, 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.