Nurin murder probe: Police release photofits of 2
By : Lee Shi-Ian and Alang Bendahara
KUALA LUMPUR: For the first time since Nurin Jazlin Jazimin's body was found, police yesterday released the photofits of two suspects they believe can help in the investigation into her murder.
| The Diadora sports bag in which Nurin’s body was stuffed. |
The man is Malay, between the ages of 35 and 40, and about 168cm tall.
A houseowner, whose property the suspect had wanted to rent, provided the description. Police revealed that the houseowner was approached in Bangsar at about the same time Nurin went missing.
The suspect had told the houseowner that he would be renting the house with his daughter. He, however, did not show up after they had agreed on the rent.
Witnesses had seen her seated on the staircase in the afternoon of Sept 16 near the sports bag containing Nurin's body. The body was discovered the next day.
Police also yesterday showed the blue Diadora sports bag, measuring 35cm in length.
Police had detained four men and two women in the past two weeks. One woman was released several hours later, while the four men were released unconditionally on Monday.
The only suspect in custody is an Indonesian woman. She was arrested in Nilai on Saturday. She is warded at the University Malaya Medical Centre where doctors are trying to retrieve a SIM card which she had swallowed. The SIM card is considered evidence.
On the release of the four men, Federal CID director Datuk Christopher Wan Soo Kee said: “After conducting investigations, we found no further need to detain them.
“We are satisfied they were not involved in Nurin's case.”
On the Indonesian woman in custody, Wan confirmed she was an illegal immigrant and said police were waiting to retrieve the SIM card.
Asked about the link between Nurin's case and the Kampung Baru serial molester who had attacked two children aged 5 and 6, Wan said both cases were being investigated separately but added that the task force in charge of each case was comparing notes.
Nurin, 8, had gone missing from her home in Wangsa Maju on Aug 20 after going to a nearby pasar malam.
A nationwide search was carried out for the girl until her sexually savaged body was found in a sports bag on Sept 17.
Since then, police had been working on several theories, including that Nurin's assailant could be the “Kampung Baru molester".
Police are examining images from a closed-circuit television camera which showed a woman seated near the sports bag containing Nurin's body. The images also showed a man arriving at the scene on a motorcycle, carrying a sports bag.
The images are not clear and police have sought the help of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation to enhance the images on the tape.
Police are also waiting for the DNA results of several strands of hair found in the sports bag.
Meanwhile, MCA Public Service and Complaints Department head Datuk Michael Chong said a RM20,000 reward for information leading to the capture and conviction of Nurin's killer stood.
OCT 2, 2007, NST ONLINE
NURIN MURDER PROBE:
Police release photofit of suspects
HAVE YOU SEEN THEM? The photo fit of the male and female suspects released by police today. |
KUALA LUMPUR, TUES:
Police have identified two more suspects whom they believe can assist in investigations into the brutal murder of Nurin Jazlin Jazimin.
He said the 168cm tall male suspect, aged between 30 and 40, is believed to be looking for a room to rent for his daughter when Nurin was reported missing.
“The man was spotted several times a housing estate around Bangsar,” he told reporters.
The 153cm tall female suspect, in her 20s, clad in a red dress, was seen on Sept 16, near the place where the sports bag containing Nurin’s body was found the next day, said Wan who heads a special team investigating the murder.
Wan urged the public who saw the two Malay suspects, whose nationalities are unknown, to contact investigating officer ASP Loh Pei Pei at 03-79662222.
On the Indonesian woman suspect arrested in connection with Nurin’s murder, Wan said police were still questioning her.
He said the SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card which she swallowed has not been ejected from her body.
The 23-year-old woman has been admitted to the University Malaya Medical Centre in Petaling Jaya after she swallowed the SIM card. Police believe the SIM card can shed light to solve the murder of eight-year-old Nurin.
On the closed-circuit television camera recording sent to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) laboratory in Washington, Wan said Malaysian police officers sent there are still analysing the recording.
2007/10/01, NST ONLINE
Nurin murder probe: Search for hideout as suspect keeps mum
By : Alang Bendahara and Fadhal Ilahi Ab Ghani KUALA LUMPUR: Where was Nurin held captive? Police are trying to get the answer from one of the suspected captors, but the 23-year-old Indonesian woman is not talking.
Police believe she is the woman, captured by a closed-circuit television camera, sitting next to the sports bag Nurin was found in on Sept 17.
According to a source, the woman is not co-operating with police. She feigns sleep and pretends to faint when police try to question her.
Police believe her “playacting” began outside the Petaling Jaya magistrate's court on Saturday, where she “fainted” and had to be carried into the building.
Police believe she used the SIM card, and another four found on her, to call and text police, taunting them for not being able to find Nurin. She is also said to have contacted Nurin's parents, telling them their daughter was with her.
Police are narrowing their search to Nilai where the woman lives. They believe Nurin was held not far from a hypermarket where the woman works as a sales assistant. The woman was apparently responsible for feeding Nurin.
The woman is the fifth person in custody in the sexual assault and murder of the girl. Four men are in remand after their arrest in Shah Alam on Friday. One of them, the Indonesian woman's boyfriend, gave police information leading to her arrest.
Police hope to find Nurin's white blouse, slippers and the ropes used to bind her.
The CCTV images have been sent to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the US for enhancement and are expected to be out this week, as are the results of DNA tests on strands of hair found in the bag.
Nurin's father Jazimin Abdul Jalil said he did not know the Indonesian woman, nor did he recall receiving text messages she was said to have sent the family.
2007/09/30. NST ONLINE
Parents remain in the dark over arrests
KUALA LUMPUR: Nurin Jazlin Jazimin's parents say they have yet to be informed of the arrest of her possible killers.
“No sane person could have done this. If it was a group of people, they must have all been insane.”
All her exhausted mother Norazian Bistaman could say was: “I'm just tired. I need rest. If it is true that the police have arrested those responsible for killing her, I hope they will face justice soon.
“I leave everything to the police. If they need any information, we are ready to give it any time. But they have not told us about any new developments.”
“Whenever I see a story about Nurin, it reminds me of how she used to play with her sisters,” she said.
Yesterday, a steady stream of visitors came to the family's small flat. Besides reporters and well-wishers, representatives from several non-governmental organisations came to offer their support.
Jazimin said he and his wife were coping with the tragedy and he was grateful for the support.
“Many have given us moral support and have come to show that they care,” he said. “I still have three children to think about.”
A relative, Zahidah Abdul Karim, said Jazimin and Norazian were not doing as well as the brave faces they were putting on would reflect.
“Both of them are not all right.
"Jazimin was very upset when people said he didn't take care of his daughter properly,” she said, adding that she is arranging counselling for the couple to help them cope with the trauma.
Worse, she said, questions from a constant stream of reporters to the house meant they had to re-live the story over and over again.
“Jazimin tells me he gets upset every time people ask him how he feels,” she said.
Vice-president of Yayasan Amal Malaysia, Dr Halimah Ali, who visited the couple earlier, said Jazimin was suffering from high blood pressure, though it was under control.
“Perhaps it is because of the pressure and lack of sleep since Nurin was reported missing,” she said, adding that it would be a long time before they recovered.
Nurin murder probe: Indonesian swallows SIM card
By : Lee Shi-Ian, Alang Bendahara, and Fadhal Ilahi Abdul GhaniKUALA LUMPUR: A 23-year-old Indonesian woman was arrested at noon yesterday in connection with the murder of Nurin Jazlin Jazimin.
After she was picked up at a hypermarket in Nilai, Negri Sembilan, police seized two mobile phones, four SIM cards and RM477 from her. She had no travel documents.
Federal CID director Datuk Christopher Wan Soo Kee would only confirm her arrest and declined to comment further.
But a source said: “The woman was apparently responsible for feeding Nurin while she was held captive. Police are trying to find where Nurin was held.”
She had used other SIM cards to make calls and send text messages to police and Nurin's parents.
“There were several calls and text messages,” the source said.
“The suspect had also called Jazimin Abdul Jalil several times, and sent text messages, saying Nurin was safe and being taken care of.”
Police believe the suspect may be the woman caught on a closed-circuit television camera, sitting next to the sports bag in which Nurin's body was found on Sept 17.
The CCTV images have been sent to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the United States for enhancement.
After police obtained a seven-day remand order from the Petaling Jaya magistrate's court, the woman was taken to University Malaya Medical Centre, where at press time police were still waiting for the contents of her stomach to be flushed out.
A blood sample will then be taken for DNA testing.
Police are also investigating whether the woman was responsible for luring Nurin away from a pasar malam in Wangsa Maju on Aug 20, the night she was reported missing.
The arrest comes about 24 hours after police picked up four men, aged from 27 to 33, and the wife of one of the men in Shah Alam.
The men have been remanded for seven days while the wife was released on police bail. Police are also planning to interview their two children to find out if they have been sexually abused.
The Indonesian woman arrested yesterday is the girlfriend of one of the suspects in the sexual assault and murder of Nurin.
One of the four suspects was previously investigated by police in connection with a rape in Masai, Johor, last year.
He was renting a room with a family who accused him of rape. It is not clear whether the victim was a child or an adult.
Police are preparing to re-examine that case.
None of Nurin's clothing was in the bags of clothes police removed from a house in Klang and a shophouse in Shah Alam on Friday.
Nurin's naked body was found inside a sports bag under the staircase of a shoplot in Petaling Jaya Utama on Sept 17.
Her clothes have yet to be found.
30/09/07, NST ONLINE
Suspect's fainting fit a ruse?
The woman suspect fainted as she was being led into the Petaling Jaya magistrate's court yesterday. |
PETALING JAYA: Was she trying to gain sympathy or create a drama? As she was being led into the Petaling Jaya magistrate's court yesterday, the Indonesian woman arrested in Nurin Jazlin Jazimin's murder fainted.
They first tried to park at the main entrance to the court building, but drove to the car park when photographers and television camera crew rushed towards them.
The woman was then led into the building by the plainclothes policewoman.
After walking about 30m, with members of the press pushing and shoving to take her photograph, she fainted about 5m from the entrance.
A few minutes later, investigating officer Assistant Superintendent Loh Pei Pei arrived, and police obtained a seven-day remand order beginning yesterday from magistrate Maimunah Aid.
The woman was then led out of the court to the waiting car and taken to the University Malaya Medical Centre.
Fifth suspect, a woman, held over Nurin's murder
KUALA LUMPUR, Sat.:
A 23-year-old woman, believed to be a foreign national, is the latest suspect to be arrested to help police in the investigation into the murder of eight-year-old Nurin Jazlin Jazimin.
The woman, who is the fifth suspect to be detained, was picked up last midnight at a Ramadan Bazaar in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, where she worked as a sales assistant at a stall selling clothes.
She is said to have been responsible for feeding Nurin Jazlin during the period the girl was apparently held captive between the time she disappeared on Aug 20 near her home in Wangsa Maju here and when her body was found stuffed in a sports bag in Petaling Jaya on Sept 17.
Bukit Aman CID Director Datuk Christopher Wan Soo Kee confirmed the arrest of the woman.
She was detained by policemen from the Serious Crimes Division of the Kuala Lumpur Police headquarters and Petaling Jaya District Police and taken immediately to Bukit Aman for questioning.
The police brought her to the Petaling Jaya Sessions Court at noon today and obtained an order from Judge Maimunah Aid to remand her for seven days.
The woman collapsed at the doorway of the court apparently upon seeing the many reporters and photographers as she was being led into the court by two policewomen. The policewomen immediately lifted her up and carried her into the court.
Judge Maimunah issued the remand order at 12.30pm after an application was made by investigating officer ASP Loh Pei Pei.
Last Thursday night, police arrested four men and a woman, aged between 27 and 33 years, in three raids in Section 7, Shah Alam. They released the woman but obtained a seven-day remand order on the men.
Nurin Jazlin was reported missing after she had gone alone to a night market near her home in Section 1, Wangsa Maju, here on Aug 20.
On Sept 17, her nude body was found stuffed into a sports bag that was left in front of a shoplot in Petaling Jaya. She had been sexually savaged, with a brinjal and cucumber inserted into her private parts.
She is said to have been responsible for feeding Nurin Jazlin during the period the girl was apparently held captive between the time she disappeared on Aug 20 near her home in Wangsa Maju here and when her body was found stuffed in a sports bag in Petaling Jaya on Sept 17.
Bukit Aman CID Director Datuk Christopher Wan Soo Kee confirmed the arrest of the woman.
She was detained by policemen from the Serious Crimes Division of the Kuala Lumpur Police headquarters and Petaling Jaya District Police and taken immediately to Bukit Aman for questioning.
The woman collapsed at the doorway of the court apparently upon seeing the many reporters and photographers as she was being led into the court by two policewomen. The policewomen immediately lifted her up and carried her into the court.
Judge Maimunah issued the remand order at 12.30pm after an application was made by investigating officer ASP Loh Pei Pei.
Last Thursday night, police arrested four men and a woman, aged between 27 and 33 years, in three raids in Section 7, Shah Alam. They released the woman but obtained a seven-day remand order on the men.
Nurin Jazlin was reported missing after she had gone alone to a night market near her home in Section 1, Wangsa Maju, here on Aug 20.
On Sept 17, her nude body was found stuffed into a sports bag that was left in front of a shoplot in Petaling Jaya. She had been sexually savaged, with a brinjal and cucumber inserted into her private parts.
29/9/07
Nurin Murder Probe: Paedophile link to murder
A forensic team inspecting some children’s clothes which were removed from a car owned by one of the suspects detained in Shah Alam yesterday.
By : Lee Shi-Ian, Fadhal Ilahi Ab Ghani, V. Shuman, Alang Bendahara and V. Anbalagan
The New Straits Times Online
PETALING JAYA: Even as police made headway in their investigations into the murder of Nurin Jazlin Jazimin with the arrest of four men yesterday, there was disturbing news.
A brief statement issued by Federal CID director Datuk Christopher Wan yesterday said five suspects were arrested and two cars and five mobile phones seized.
However, one of the suspects, a three-month pregnant woman, was later released.
One of the men has a previous conviction for rape. Three of them are graduates while the fourth is a diploma holder.
The mobile phones seized are now the focal point of police investigations.
The suspects are not only being investigated for the abduction and murder of Nurin but also for paedophilia activities.
A senior police officer told the New Straits Times they were not discounting the possibility that Nurin had been the victim of paedophiles.
It is believed that text messages, sent through the five mobile phones, led police to the capture of the four suspects on Thursday night and early yesterday morning.
The contents of the mobile phones are expected to be examined by the forensic unit of the Federal police based at the Senior Police Officers College in Cheras.
Police believe the mobile phones may hold the key to uncovering the identity of the killer(s) as Nurin's torture may have been captured on still pictures or on video.
Nurin had foreign objects inserted into her private parts, which later caused her intestines to rupture leading to infection, which was identified as the cause of death.
It is learnt police have established that Nurin was not a target of a revenge attack but was a victim of "chance".
There had been speculation earlier that Nurin could have been the victim of revenge against her parents.
Police have also established that there is no connection between Nurin's parents and the suspects in custody.
The arrests were made by a special task force comprising personnel from the Federal police headquarters, the Selangor and city police contingents, and the Petaling Jaya and Sentul district police headquarters.
Nurin's naked body was discovered in a sports bag under the staircase of a shoplot in Petaling Jaya Utama on Sept 17. She had been missing since Aug 20.
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