Dec 14 2025, 11:09 AM, updated 4d ago
Cops reveal woman linked to Durian Tunggal shooting not legally married to suspect and has 10 previous criminal records.
Saturday, 13 Dec 202510:16 AM MYT
AYER KEROH: Melaka police have revealed that a woman who claimed her husband was among three suspects shot dead in the recent Durian Tunggal incident is not legally married to the man, but is instead his partner living together.
Melaka police chief Datuk Dzulkhairi Mukhtar said investigations found the 31-year-old woman had no marital ties to the suspect and has 10 previous criminal records dating back to 2012.
"Investigations showed the woman had no marriage with the deceased. They were only lovers living together in Durian Tunggal for the past three years.
"The suspect’s actual wife is in Johor and has long been separated from him," he said, commenting on developments in the Durian Tunggal shooting case.
He told Sinar Harian after attending the Legasi 04 RXZ X 125 ZR Melaka Attack 2025 event officiated by Chief Minister Datuk Seri Ab Rauf Yusoh at Dataran MITC here on Friday (Dec 12) night.
Dzulkhairi said the woman’s 10 criminal records cover vehicle theft, robbery, attempted murder and, most recently, a robbery in Jasin in July 2025.
He also disclosed that the woman’s 55-year-old father has 24 criminal records since 2002, involving vehicle theft, robbery, attempted murder and murder, including several cases that have led to imprisonment.
"The woman’s father is still wanted by police in connection with two reports involving vehicle theft and building theft. We have information on his involvement," he said.
Dzulkhairi added that the Durian Tunggal shooting case has now been taken over by the Bukit Aman Special Investigation Unit, with Melaka police providing full cooperation.
"This case is now fully investigated by Bukit Aman. Melaka police are not involved, but we will give full cooperation to ensure the investigation proceeds smoothly.
"However, the criminal cases involving the woman’s father remain under Melaka police, including building theft and lorry theft," he said.
Separately, Dzulkhairi confirmed police received a memorandum of support from the public for the police at Melaka police headquarters on Friday afternoon.
"We received notice about the gathering. Despite the weather, it went smoothly.
"Their actions show the public still regard the police as relevant and continue to support Melaka police’s crime prevention efforts," he said.
On Nov 24, three men aged 24 to 29 were shot dead after one of them allegedly swung a machete at a police corporal in a palm oil plantation in Durian Tunggal.
The 4.30am incident left the police corporal, in his early 30s, seriously injured on his left arm.
Dzulkhairi earlier said all suspects from the Durian Tunggal Gang were believed to be en route to rob a premises.
They had been active since 2024, involved in 20 cases in Melaka and one case each in Negri Sembilan and Selangor, with losses totalling RM1.35mil.
However, on Dec 3, the families of the three suspects denied claims that the victims acted violently by attacking the police.
Following this, on Dec 4, a special team was set up to investigate the families’ allegations of dissatisfaction with police actions.
Criminal record of witness irrelevant to Melaka police shooting, says lawyer
PETALING JAYA: A lawyer representing the families of the three men shot dead by Melaka police last month has stressed that the marital status or criminal record of people linked to the case have no relevance to the incident.
Melaka police chief Dzulkhairi Mukhtar yesterday said a woman falsely claimed that one of the men shot dead by police in Durian Tunggal, Alor Gajah, last month was her husband, Bernama reported.
Dzulkhairi said the woman – who recorded an audio clip of the incident – and the man were actually in a relationship and had lived together for three years, adding that the woman had a criminal record, with 10 cases related to criminal offences, since 2012.
Lawyer Rajesh Nagarajan, who is representing the families alongside Sachpreetraj Singh, told FMT that Dzulkhairi’s comments were a “disgraceful and deliberate” diversion from the real issue at hand.
He also said it was troubling that while Dzulkhairi had the time to comment on “irrelevant personal details”, statements from the officers who fired the fatal shots have yet to be recorded – which Rajesh said raised serious questions about transparency, impartiality, and possible institutional self-protection.
“Whether she was legally married or had any prior record is entirely irrelevant to the killing of three men by police gunfire on Nov 24,” he said.
“These comments have no bearing whatsoever on the legality, necessity, or proportionality of the use of lethal force by the police. This is not an inquiry into moral or personal relationships. This is an inquiry into state-perpetrated killing.
“The attempt to publicly dissect private lives appears calculated to smear the dead and their families, distract public attention, and pre-empt accountability. Such tactics are unbecoming of a senior law enforcement officer and undermines public confidence in the integrity of the investigation.”
“Instead of suspending and investigating this incident before Bukit Aman took over, the Melaka police chief did nothing. And now he has the audacity and temerity to try and spin a different narrative by attacking the only ‘ear-witness’ to this murder?”
Melaka police had initially classified the incident as attempted murder after Dzulkhairi claimed that the trio were serial robbers who had attacked an officer with a parang.
However, lawyers representing the families of M Puspanathan, 21, T Poovaneswaran, 24, and G Logeswaran, 29, said an audio recording and forensic evidence suggested that the men were killed execution-style.
Last Sunday, Inspector-General of Police Khalid Ismail said police have received a CD which contained an audio recording believed to be that of a phone conversation between one of the men who was shot and his wife before the incident.
He pledged that police would investigate the shooting thoroughly and professionally, without compromise, to determine whether any wrongdoing had occurred.
The case has led to calls for an inquest and an independent inquiry, while Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim ordered the police to ensure the investigation was done transparently.
The IGP was also instructed to submit a detailed report to home minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail once the Bukit Aman criminal investigation department (CID) had concluded its investigation.
Rajesh also asked why Dzulkhairi was issuing public statements on the shooting when Bukit Aman had already taken over the probe.
“He has no business interfering in the matter or issuing such statements,” said Rajesh.
“No amount of character assassination or moral policing will obscure the central fact: three lives were taken without any legal basis, and the police must be held fully accountable under the rule of law.”
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