NO arrests were made last night in connection with the murder of Nazrin Hassan, the chief executive officer of Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd, police said today.

A police source told The Malaysian Insight that Nazrin’s two stepsons were questioned but later released after their statements were taken.

Police today refuted earlier news reports that the stepsons were arrested.

Selangor police chief Mazlan Mansor and state CID chief Fadzil Ahmat, however, refused to confirm if the stepsons were picked up for questioning.

They maintained that to date, only two suspects – Nazrin’s widow and her ex-husband – were picked up to facilitate murder investigations.

“I am not saying anything but only that two have been arrested so far,” he said without confirming or denying the questioning of the two teenage boys last night.

Earlier this morning, Mazlan told a press conference that they had not arrested Nazrin’s two stepsons.

It was reported that Nazrin suffered injuries to the neck, believed to have been caused by an arrow. 

It was also understood the two boys practice archery. 

Nazrin was found dead after his bedroom at a double-storey terrace house in Mutiara Damansara caught fire on June 14, the day before Hari Raya.

Nazrin’s family had said then that his handphone had exploded, causing the fire. Cradle Fund also issued a statement saying its CEO died from blast injuries attributed to an exploding handphone that was being charged next to him.

Last month, however, Selangor police classified the case as murder after investigators found traces of petrol in Nazrin’s room.

Nazrin obtained a Bachelor of Law (LL.B Hons) from the University of Buckingham in the United Kingdom in 1994. He was also an executive committee member of the United Kingdom Executive Council for Malaysian Students.

His 43-year-old widow is a senior executive at the Malaysian Intellectual Property Corporation. – September 6, 2018.