A 40-YEAR-OLD woman was arrested on suspicion of murdering her husband at their rented home in Jalan Bahagia, Taman Seri Muda in Section 25, Shah Alam yesterday. 

Shah Alam district police chief Mohd Iqbal Ibrahim said police also detained the victim’s 29-year-old brother on the premises on suspicion of being an accomplice to the killing. 

The 42-year-old victim was found at about 12.30am yesterday with head and facial injuries, including a torn lip, possibly attacked with a blunt weapon.

“The wife is suspected of hitting the victim, who was intoxicated, till he collapsed, as he was said to be a drunkard. The man was found dead at the scene,” Iqbal said in a statement today. 

Following this, police arrested the wife, who is a factory worker, and the victim’s brother, at 3pm on the same day. 

Iqbal said the younger suspect is a college student who lived with the couple.

He said the victim was involved in the cleaning services sector and the couple has been married for 18 years.

Both suspects have been remanded for six days beginning today and the case is being investigated under section 302 of the penal code, he said. – Bernama, June 11, 2022.