A seven-month pregnant foreign woman was found dead in a pool of blood in Kota Tinggi, with her husband detained as police investigate a suspected murder.
KOTA TINGGI: A foreign woman, seven months pregnant, was found dead in a pool of blood at a house in Kampung Makam this morning.
Kota Tinggi District Police Chief Superintendent Yusof Othman said police received information about the discovery at approximately 7.42 am.
A police team was deployed to the scene and found the victim with head injuries believed to be from a blunt object.
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Medical officers from Kota Tinggi Hospital later confirmed the woman’s death.
Yusof added that police have detained the victim’s husband, a foreign national in his 30s, who was present at their rented home.
Further investigations by forensic officers led to the discovery of a stone mortar suspected to be the weapon.
The victim’s body has been sent to the Forensic Department of Sultan Ismail Hospital for a post-mortem.
Yusof stated that police do not rule out jealousy as a possible motive for the incident.
An application for a seven-day remand against the suspect will be presented at the Kota Tinggi Magistrate’s Court tomorrow.
The case is being investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder.
