IPOH, Sept 30 — Police have detained a Myanmar national on suspicion of murdering his wife at a house in Kampung Kuala Kuang, Chemor, near here.
Ipoh district police chief ACP Abang Zainal Abidin Abang Ahmad said the 37-year-old suspect was arrested after police found his wife unconscious at the house at about 3.40 pm yesterday.
“Police received a call at about 12.30 pm from a man requesting help to contact an ambulance, saying that a 28-year-old Myanmar woman was unconscious at the location.
“A team from Ipoh district police headquarters rushed to the scene and found the woman dead, with strangulation marks on her neck,” he told Bernama when contacted tonight.
He said the victim’s body was sent to the Forensic Department of Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun in Ipoh for a post-mortem.
“Police are still investigating to ascertain the motive of the incident,” he added. — Bernama