NuriN Jazlin

Ng Kee Seng and Charles Ramendran
The Sun

Police have arrested four men and a woman in connection with the murder of eight-year-old Nurin Jazlin Jazimin whose body was found stuffed in a sportsbag in Petaling Jaya on Sept 17.

Federal CID director Datuk Christopher Wan Soo Kee said in a statement today the murder suspects, aged between 27 and 33, were picked up at 11.30pm yesterday based on public information.

He said the five suspects were rounded up in Shah Alam.

Wan said two cars and five handphones were also seized from the suspects.

Yesteray, Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Musa Hassan said police have sought the help of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to solve the murder of Nurin who was also sexually assaulted sadistically.

Musa said the FBI had agreed to provide technical support in the efforts to nab the killer/s .

He said a FBI officer based in the US embassy here and another who will arrive from the US will be working hand in hand with investigators here. Musa said a local police officer will also be flying to the US with a copy of a CCTV footage which captured images of the alleged killer.

"FBI will use their skills and technology to enhance and edit the blurred images which will then be used to identify the suspect," he added.

When asked if a suspect has been nabbed as reported by a wire news agency late Wednesday (Sept 26), Musa retorted: "Where did you hear this? It is untrue. Stop speculating as it can affect our investigations and also court proceedings in future.

"We will announce it when the culprit is caught. As for now our investigations are ongoing and we have positive leads to the case. Just be patient and let us investigate."

The case has several police teams from Bukit Aman, Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya working round-the -lock to track down the killer.

Sources said police are closing in on the suspects based on the the intelligence they have gathered after the girl went missing during a visit to a night market near her house in Wangsa Maju on Aug 20.

Her parents, with the help of the media, police, corporate bodies and other uniformed bodies launched a nationwide search for their child until her decomposed body was found on Sept 17. A DNA test confirmed the identity of the body three days later.

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