WHAT began as a routine overseas holiday for 53-year-old Korean skincare distributor Suri Narudin turned into a nightmare when she vanished just before her Dec 9 flight from Kuala Lumpur to Zurich via Doha.

Friends waiting in Switzerland raised the alarm after she failed to arrive, despite an eight-hour airport vigil.

Close friend and singer Mac Ruhayu Mohd Nor revealed Suri’s trip was meticulously planned, including a three-day stay in Zurich to reunite with old friends.

“She would never go silent like this,” Mac said, sparking frantic searches after days without contact. Suri, who split time between Kuala Lumpur’s Seri Nilam Apartments and her Sarawak hometown, was last reachable on Dec 8.

Her niece, Sasha, 38, last saw her on Dec 5. Anxiety escalated when a viral video appeal by Mac pressured authorities, widening the probe from a simple missing person case.

The breakthrough turned grim. A woman’s body was found, stuffed in a bag and buried in an abandoned house in Kampung Batu 4, Pedas, Rembau, Negeri Sembilan.

Police linked it to a money dispute, arresting Suri’s 51-year-old boyfriend in Genting Sempah, Pahang. Remanded for questioning, the unemployed man—known for six years as kind, child-loving, and caring—was described by Sasha as hot-tempered yet never violent toward Suri.

They were lovers, said Suri’s niece, not married, despite conflicting reports from his family. Shockingly, post-disappearance, he continued picking up Sasha’s daughters from school, acting normal while fabricating stories about Suri’s whereabouts.

Occasional financial disagreements surfaced, but Sasha deemed them “nothing serious.” The family awaits DNA confirmation of the body at Hospital Rembau.

“Tears held back for days finally fell upon his arrest—relief mixed with heartbreak,” Sasha shared. Mac plans to repatriate the remains to Kuching if confirmed.

Police investigations continue into the suspected foul play that shattered a seemingly ordinary relationship. —Dec 21, 2025

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