00:00Police have identified the motive behind the murder of a 26-year-old woman whose body
00:07was found decomposed in Tabwan Jayakuching last Sunday.
00:11The victim, Nurul Asikinlan, was reported missing on December 5 after she went out with
00:17a newly acquainted man.
00:19Haryan Metro reported that the suspect confessed to killing the victim and pawning her jewellery
00:24as he needed money to watch the football match between Harimau Malaya and Cambodia held in
00:29Phnom Penh on December 8.
00:32This was confirmed by Sarawak Police Chief Commissioner Datuk Manca Ata on Wednesday.
00:49He added that police have also recovered new pieces of evidence including the victim's
00:54clothes, teeth and hair from the drain where her body was recovered.
00:59He also said police are still awaiting the results of the DNA test to confirm the identity
01:05of the decomposed body.
01:07The suspect is currently under remand until December 22.
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