THE two stepsons of Cradle Fund CEO Nazrin Hassan were arrested yesterday in connection with his death and will be remanded later today.

They were arrested about 4pm, a police source said.

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 said then 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 charging beside him.

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

On Thursday, a police source said they questioned the duo after Nazrin’s neck was found with injuries believed to be from an arrow. His death has been classified as murder.

It is understood that the two boys are archers. 

“The two are still in secondary school and were detained at their grandfather’s house at 9.30pm. Our investigation found that there was a puncture hole in the neck (of the victim) caused by an arrow,” the source said.

Their mother was arrested two days ago with her former husband. Police obtained a seven-day remand order for them in connection with the murder.

Selangor CID chief Fadzil Ahmat told The Malaysian Insight that the 43-year-old man was detained in Sepang, Selangor, followed by the arrest of the woman in Taman Tun Dr Ismail in Kuala Lumpur an hour later.

“The man we arrested was the ex-husband of the woman we detained. She is also the widow of the deceased (Nazrin Hassan),” Fadzil said.

Nazrin’s 43-year-old widow is a senior executive at the Malaysian Intellectual Property Corporation. – September 9, 2018.