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KUALA LUMPUR: A man suspected of being involved in the robbery and murder of a former Mardi investigator in Bangsar yesterday was arrested by the police using facial recognition.
Kuala Lumpur Police Chief Saiful Azly Kamaruddin said the victim’s wife, who was at the scene, had recognized the suspect, making it easier for police to detain him.
The victim’s wallet was also found in another robbery at the home of an engineer in Taman Tiara Titiwangsa.
Saiful Azli confirmed that the police had detained 10 male suspects, between the ages of 20 and 29, for investigation, eight of whom had criminal records. All were sent to preventive detention until December 6.
Several other suspects were being searched, he said.
Former investigator Wan Hassan Wan Embong, 71, died after being attacked with a parang when he tried to fight two men who broke through a kitchen window of the two-story bungalow in Bukit Bandaraya.
His wife Sarifah Yusof, 70, suffered hand injuries.
