Millionaire Sosilawati mystery deepens as police confirm arrests

KUALA LUMPUR (Malaysian Insider) — Police have arrested “more than four persons” in connection with the disappearance of cosmetics millionaire Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya and three men, but refused to confirm speculation that charred remains found in a Morib poultry farm last night belonged to the missing people.


According to various news reports, the police believe Sosilawati and her companions may have been killed and their bodies burned following the discovery of charred remains at a poultry farm in

Tanjung Layang, Morib yesterday night. Their ashes may also have been scattered either into the sea or along the beach.

“My team is still at the place,” newly installed Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Ismail Omar said at the Royal Malaysian Police Academy here today.

He added that he was confident that the police will solve the case soon with those arrests.

Millionaire Sosilawati carrying large amount of cash

Sosilawati, 47, her driver Kamaruddin Shamsudin, 44, CIMB Kampung Baru officer Noorhisham Mohammad, 38, and lawyer Ahmad Kamil Abdul Karim, 32, were reported missing since August 30 after going to Banting, Selangor, for a land purchase matter.

Sosilawati had told one of her daughters that she was going on a business trip to Banting for three days and was said to be carrying a large amount of cash.

On Monday, police found her BMW at Angsana Apartment in USJ 1, Subang Jaya and the BMW of Ahmad Kamil in front of a hotel in Subang Jaya but the missing millionaire has not been seen since she was spotted buying Raya cookies at a shop in Kampung Sungai Lan, Banting on September 2.

Media reports in both Mingguan Malaysia and Berita Minggu today said several suspects including a lawyer with a “Datuk” title have been held in connection with Sosilawati’s disappearance since Aug 30. The number of suspects range from six to seven.

Earlier, police have cordoned off a site at the poultry farm that was said to belong to one of the suspects, where excavation work was expected to be carried out today.

Police at the site said last night that a forensics team from Bukit Aman would be conducting investigations today.

It is believed that police recovered several items belonging to the four missing people at the same farm.