THREE Royal Malaysian Navy personnel have been remanded for seven days, beginning today, to facilitate investigations into the deaths of two navy personnel at the Sungai Wangi Unit detention room near Sitiawan in Seri Manjung on Friday.

Magistrate Nur Shaqira Ibrahim allowed the remand order under Section 117 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

Earlier, the three men, aged 29, 37 and 44, who were in lock-up attire, arrived at the magistrate’s court in Seri Manjung by police lorry about 8.45am.

They were remanded to assist in investigations into the murders of Nik Muhammad Baihaqy Nik Mat, 28, and Muhammad Lailatuliman Mohd Sukri, 26.

Police classified the deaths as murder based on the results of post-mortem reports from the Pathology Department of Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital in Ipoh, Perak. – Bernama, October 1, 2017.