ALOR SETAR: Police have arrested nine youths after a teenage girl who was at the same party with them was found dead in Pokok Sena here on Tuesday (May 11).
Kota Setar district police chief Asst Comm Ahmad Shukri Mat Akhir said the body of the 17-year-old from Jitra was found by the roadside of a rubber plantation.
"Pokok Sena police received information about the body found by the roadside at about 7.45pm.
"The body was taken to the Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital mortuary and is still pending post-mortem results," he said.
The deceased was positively identified by her mother at 11am on Wednesday (May 12).
ACP Ahmad Shukri said there was a deep wound on the victim's right thigh.
"The case will be investigated under Section 302 of Penal Code for murder.”
He said the nine arrested in two raids on May 12 at 5pm and at 11.15pm in Taman Derga Jaya were aged from 13 to 33, comprising six males and three females.
"All admitted that they were with the deceased at the private party which took place from the evening of May 9 till the early morning on May 10.
"Urine tests were conducted on them and one tested positive for ketamine use," he said, adding that they had been remanded for six days until May 18. - Star
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