BATU GAJAH: A man suspected of murdering his wife at a hotel here yesterday has been remanded for seven days.
The remand application was granted by Magistrate Azlin Zeti Zainal Abidin after the 36-year-old man was brought to the Batu Gajah Magistrate's Court at 8.33am today.
Dressed in Baju Melayu and orange lock-up pants, the suspect, who is unemployed was remanded to assist police investigate the case under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder, which carries the death penalty upon conviction.
Yesterday, it was reported that the man surrendered himself at the police station at 2 pm after allegedly killing his wife in a room at a hotel on Jalan Pejabat Pos, here.
Batu Gajah District Police Chief, Assistant Commissioner Md Noor Aehawan Mohammad said the suspect allegedly killed the 32-year-old victim because he was dissatisfied when the woman pursued a divorce.
He clarified that the victim's body was found in the hotel room with stab wounds and a knife.