Housemate detained over murder of new mom

The police have detained a man in connection with the murder of a woman at an apartment in Petaling Jaya, Selangor last night.

Petaling Jaya police chief ACP Azmi Abu Kassim said the 36-year-old suspect – one of five tenants at the apartment – was picked up at the Puduraya bus terminal about 10.30pm.

He said the police were in the midst of determining the motive behind the murder of the 26-year-old victim who was believed to have been suffocated to death.

The woman had given birth about two months ago.

Azmi said the body of the victim, whose hands and legs were bound with pieces of cloth and the mouth stuffed with cloth, was found dead beside her baby.

Her husband had just returned from work at 8pm when he found the door locked from the inside. He had to break open the door to gain entry.

"We will apply a remand order on the suspect," Azmi told Bernama when contacted today.

He said the victim's husband worked as a security guard at a company which manufactured computer products, adding that the apartment was owned by the man's employer.

The tenants were the guard's colleagues.