Remand Extended For Man Accused Of Murdering Wife By Ignatius Stephen & Malai FadleyRizal
Bandar Seri Begawan - The Bandar Magistrate's Court yesterday granted the application for the extension of-the remand period for murder suspect Liew Say Koo on the grounds that investigations have to be further conducted into the case.
The defendant, said to be a well-known contractor, will be in custody for another two weeks and appear again in court on August 24.
Appearing before Senior Magistrate Faisal Pehin Hj Kefli, Liew, a 43-year-old Malaysian, was charged with murdering on July 12 this year his third wife, 25-year-old Limbang businesswoman, Wong Ai Na, who was found with 164 bruises and other injuries in a room of a hotel in Berakas. Section 302 carries the death penalty.
Before a packed courtroom, the Deputy Public Prosecutor Sultana Hj Sudin, in applying for a further remand of two weeks said that the police have yet to complete their investigations.
She told the court that the reports were not ready and that further consultations were needed with the doctors and the experts as to the cause of death.
The defence team led by Mr. Daljit Singh Sandhu, Mr. Vincent Joseph and Ms. Subrina Tan, applied for all police reports, statements and photographs to be given to the defence.
They also applied to interview the specialist Pathologist, Dr. PU Telesinghe of RIPAS Hospital on the post mortem report. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin


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