IGP: We are closing in on the killer

Friday September 21, 2007

Tan Sri Musa Hassan

KUALA LUMPUR: Police have a lead on the merciless murderer of the girl found stuffed in a sports bag at a shop in Petaling Utama, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan said.

“We cannot say whether he is a serial killer but we’ll be arresting him soon.

“Only one person is involved at the moment. We cannot say if he is a foreigner,” he told a press conference held at the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry yesterday.

It has been reported that a video footage of a motorist leaving a sports bag at the staircase of the book distribution shop in Petaling Utama holds the key to solving the murder of the little girl.

Police said they were viewing the recording captured by a closed circuit television (CCTV) there and hoping to obtain crucial information that could lead to the arrest of the killer.

The CCTV footage also has images of a woman loitering around the area and getting into a car. It showed the woman in jeans and a red top walking about in the area at the time, and the bag could be seen in the background.

The woman, estimated to be in her 20s, later entered a Silver Kenari.

Musa also reiterated that the body of the dead girl “remains unidentified”.

“I was just informed that from the report of the Chemistry Department, the DNA matches that of Nurin’s parents but they still say it’s not her body.

“We’ll do further DNA tests. Her identity is not confirmed,” he said.