Ex-teacher charged with Istiqomah’s murder in Alor Gajah

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The main suspect in the gruesome murder of Johor teacher Istiqomah Ahmad Rozi has been charged at the Alor Gajah Magistrate's Court with murder.  No plea was recorded when the accused, Mohd Fadzly Ariffadzillah, 36, was produced before magistrate Dr Teo Shu Yee on Mon (Aug 19).  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/5e45ewbr  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The main suspect in the gruesome murder of 34-year-old Johor teacher Istikoma Ahmed Rozi

00:07was charged at the Alor Gajah Magistrate's Court on Monday with murder.

00:12No plea was recorded when the accused, Mohamed Fadzli Arifadzila, was produced before Magistrate

00:18Dr Teo Shu Yee.

00:20Based on the charge sheet, the 36-year-old former teacher allegedly murdered Istikoma

00:26at a roadside along Kampung Tanjung Rimau in Pulau Sebang between December 26th and

00:32December 31st last year.

00:34The charge was made under Section 302 of the Penal Code which carries a death sentence

00:38or jail between 30 and 40 years and whipping upon conviction.

00:43Deputy Public Prosecutor Nazrin Ali Rahim prosecuted while the accused was unrepresented.

00:49The court denied bail and fixed October 22nd as the next mention date.

00:55On January 6th, the media reported the discovery of a woman's headless and dismembered body

01:00inside a bin in Pulau Sebang.

01:03Police later identified the remains as Istikoma through DNA tests conducted by Bukit Aman

01:09on August 2nd.

01:11Based on the new lead, Melaka Police launched an in-depth investigation together with their

01:16Johor counterparts before arresting a married couple, aged 36 and 37, in Perak on August 5th.

01:25The male suspect then led to the discovery of more body parts of the victim's remains,

01:30about six kilometres from where the victim's body was found.

01:34The suspect's wife was released on police bail after it was found that she had no connection

01:39with the case.

01:40The victim's family members are expected to claim her remains at the Melaka Hospital later

01:45on Monday to be brought to her hometown in Pasir Mas, Kelantan for burial.

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