Old injuries were also discovered

Woman slashed to death on her fifth wedding anniversary
By FARIK ZOLKEPLI

farik@thestar.com.my
Wednesday November 24, 2010


JOHOR BARU: A 26-year-old woman was brutally slashed to death on her fifth wedding anniversary.

The main suspect is believed to be her 24-year-old lorry driver husband.

Rohana Hamzah’s body was discovered at her home in Kampung Sungai Tiram here after her husband reported a burglary at about 2pm.

She had slash wounds on her neck as well as old wounds on her left arm.

However, police became suspicious when there were no signs of forced entry at the victim’s house.

Seri Alam OCPD Supt Roslan Zainuddin said police immediately detained the husband as his statement was inconsistent.

“We detained him to assist in the investigations.

“Nothing was missing from the victim’s home,” he said.

He added while there were no reports of domestic violence against the husband, neighbours and family members claimed the victim had been injured by him before.

“A post-mortem showed the victim died due to incisions to the neck from a sharp object.

“Old injuries were also discovered in parts of the victim’s body,” he said, adding the husband has been remanded until Nov 29.

Supt Roslan said the suspect also tested negative for drugs.

Meanwhile, the victim’s younger sister Hajar Hanizah Hamzah, 18, said she called the victim at about 11.50am.

“I heard my sister and her husband arguing.

“When the conversation was cut off, I tried to call again but failed to reach her,” she said, adding that the husband called the family two hours later to tell them the house had been burgled