TUESDAY-4TH DECEMBER 2007-DEATH OF AMIR KAHAR'S SON

DEATH OF AMIR KAHAR’S SON: JEALOUSY POSSIBLE
KOTA KINABALU:
Police have not ruled out jealousy as the reason behind the death of Banggi Assemblyman Datuk Amir Kahar’s son, Datu Azlan, believed murdered last Friday. Initial investigations revealed that there was an argument between the 24-year-old and his 21-year-old fiancee, and there were beatings and the usage of belt. A police source is still investigating whether the beatings were also due to jealousy. However, police have yet to determine Datu Azlan’s cause of death, and whether it was caused by a belt buckle or otherthings. The police source however denied there were stab wounds on Datu Azlan’s body and head. “There were no stab wounds. But there were a few small wounds on the head and body,” the source said, yesterday. Touching on the suspect, who is a student at the Inti College and a part-time model, the police would decide whether to continue the remand, which ends today, or to release her on a police bail. The model was remanded for three days, beginning Sunday, to enable the police to carry out investigations pertaining to Datu Azlan’s death. Although the case is investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code, which carries the mandatory death penalty upon conviction, the model is not the main suspect to the murder case. Early Saturday morning, Datu Azlan, a grandson of former Chief Minister, Tun Datu Mustapha Datu Harun, was pronounced dead at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital here with several wounds on the head and body. The third child of five siblings allegedly had a fight with his fiancee at the woman’s residence at Taman BPL here and was complaining about being unstable since Friday night. He was later referred to the hospital but was pronounced dead early Saturday morning.