Police release photofits of 2

Nurin murder probe: Police release photofits of 2

By : Lee Shi-Ian and Alang Bendahara

Federal CID director Datuk Christopher Wan Soo Kee with the photofits of two suspects police believe can help in the investigation into Nurin Jazlin Jazimin’s murder.

KUALA LUMPUR: For the first time since Nurin Jazlin Jazimin's body was found, police yesterday released the photofits of two suspects they believe can help in the investigation into her murder.

The Diadora sports bag in which Nurin’s body was stuffed.

The photofits are of a man and a woman. They were put together from witness accounts following the discovery of Nurin's body in a sports bag in Petaling Utama on Sept 17.

The man is Malay, between the ages of 35 and 40, and about 168cm tall.

A houseowner, whose property the suspect had wanted to rent, provided the description. Police revealed that the houseowner was approached in Bangsar at about the same time Nurin went missing.

The suspect had told the houseowner that he would be renting the house with his daughter. He, however, did not show up after they had agreed on the rent.
The second photofit is of a woman. She is also Malay, in her 20s, and about 153cm tall. She has shoulder-length hair and was last seen wearing a red blouse.

Witnesses had seen her seated on the staircase in the afternoon of Sept 16 near the sports bag containing Nurin's body. The body was discovered the next day.

Police also yesterday showed the blue Diadora sports bag, measuring 35cm in length.

Police had detained four men and two women in the past two weeks. One woman was released several hours later, while the four men were released unconditionally on Monday.

The only suspect in custody is an Indonesian woman. She was arrested in Nilai on Saturday. She is warded at the University Malaya Medical Centre where doctors are trying to retrieve a SIM card which she had swallowed. The SIM card is considered evidence.

On the release of the four men, Federal CID director Datuk Christopher Wan Soo Kee said: “After conducting investigations, we found no further need to detain them.

“We are satisfied they were not involved in Nurin's case.”

On the Indonesian woman in custody, Wan confirmed she was an illegal immigrant and said police were waiting to retrieve the SIM card.

Asked about the link between Nurin's case and the Kampung Baru serial molester who had attacked two children aged 5 and 6, Wan said both cases were being investigated separately but added that the task force in charge of each case was comparing notes.

Nurin, 8, had gone missing from her home in Wangsa Maju on Aug 20 after going to a nearby pasar malam.

A nationwide search was carried out for the girl until her sexually savaged body was found in a sports bag on Sept 17.

Since then, police had been working on several theories, including that Nurin's assailant could be the “Kampung Baru molester".

Police are examining images from a closed-circuit television camera which showed a woman seated near the sports bag containing Nurin's body. The images also showed a man arriving at the scene on a motorcycle, carrying a sports bag.

The images are not clear and police have sought the help of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation to enhance the images on the tape.

Police are also waiting for the DNA results of several strands of hair found in the sports bag.

Meanwhile, MCA Public Service and Complaints Department head Datuk Michael Chong said a RM20,000 reward for information leading to the capture and conviction of Nurin's killer stood.