PEKAN: The remains of murder victim Siti Masitah Ibrahim were buried at the Kampung Tanjung Medang Muslim cemetery here this evening.
This was after her remains were claimed by her mother Solihah Abdullah, 35, at the Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital’s Forensics Unit at 5pm today.
A sombre mood enveloped the Kampung Tanjung Kemahang surau here, where Siti Masitah's body was brought and prayers were performed.
A group of about 50 villagers gathered outside the surau to pay their last respects.
On Jan 30, Solihah had lodged a police report about her missing 11-year-old daughter at about 11pm.
She claimed that her daughter, the third of four siblings, had left home at about 5pm that day to a nearby grocery shop.
On Feb 9, Masitah’s decomposed body was discovered in an oil palm plantation at Kampung Tanjung Medang Hilir here at about 4.25pm.
State Criminal Investigation Department chief Datuk Othman Nanyan said revenge and anger are believed to be the motives behind the brutal murder.
He said a 23-year-old Cambodian national who was arrested on Jan 31 has been remanded until Feb 24 to assist investigations.