FOUR DETAINED OVER DEATH OF INDONESIAN HOUSEWIFE

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 17 (Bernama) -- Four Indonesian men were detained to
assist police investigations into the death of an Indonesian housewife who was
found dead in a rented house at Kampung Selayang Indah, here, early this month.

Gombak district police chief ACP Abdul Rahim Abdullah said the suspects,
aged between 28 and 35, were detained at a house in Taman Sri Murni, Jalan Ipoh,
near here, about 3.30pm on Feb 15.

Three of them were working as assistants at a wholesale market and the other
was unemployed, he said through a short messaging message sent to Bernama here
Tuesday.

He said the suspects would be remanded until Feb 23.

The housewife, identified as Sulastari, 50, was found dead, with the hands
and feet bound and a blanket twisted around the neck, by her husband, Saibun,
41, a labourer at a wholesale market.

-- BERNAMA