Cops reclassify Pagoh fire deaths as murder, seek 48-year-old suspect
Police are searching for a 48-year-old man to assist with an investigation following the deaths of an elderly couple and their 11-year-old granddaughter in a house fire at Kampung Paya Redan in Pagoh, Johor.
In a statement on Saturday (Aug 10), Muar OCPD Asst Comm Raiz Mukhliz Azman Aziz said the case has been reclassified from Sudden Death Report to Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder.
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In a statement on Saturday (Aug 10), Muar OCPD Asst Comm Raiz Mukhliz Azman Aziz said the case has been reclassified from Sudden Death Report to Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder.
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00:00Police are searching for a 48-year-old man in connection with the deaths of an elderly
00:07couple and their 11-year-old granddaughter in a house fire at Kampung Payaridan, Pago.
00:13MUAR OCPD Assistant Commissioner Rais Muklis Azman Aziz announced that the case has been
00:20reclassified from a sudden death report to murder under Section 302 of the Penal Code.
00:26The reclassification follows evidence of criminal intent found during the investigation and
00:31in the post-mortem report on the three victims.
00:34In a statement on Saturday, ACP Rais Muklis also revealed that the case is now being investigated
00:40under Section 436 of the Penal Code for mischief by fire and Section 326 for voluntarily causing
00:48grievous harm.
00:49The suspect, identified as Azman Mohamed Noor, is the son of the elderly couple and lived
00:54in the same house as the victims.
00:57Authorities are urging anyone with information on his whereabouts to contact the MUAR IPD
01:02hotline at 069-564-800 or the nearest police station.
01:08The fire, which occurred on Friday at 1.30am, claimed the lives of 82-year-old Mohamed Noor
01:14Mohamed Yassin, 76-year-old Ara Abdul Hamid, and 11-year-old Nooradriana Noor Hisyam.
01:21A 14-year-old girl, who was also in the house when the fire occurred, suffered a head injury
01:26and is being treated at the Sultana Fatima Specialist Hospital.