Policemen carrying the body of the deceased to Miri Hospital morgue for a post-mortem.
Policemen escorting the suspect off to Miri Central Police Station (CPS) to facilitate in the investigation on the case.
MIRI: An 18-year-old man was said to have stabbed his own mother and abandoned her inside a car parked outside Miri Tennis Sport Complex in Jalan Sukan here yesterday morning, apparently over a tiff.
It is believed that the incident took place early in the morning, before several patrons of the complex discovered the motionless body of the woman in the driver’s seat at about 2pm, after she apparently bled to death.
Miri police chief ACP Gan Tian Kee when contacted yesterday afternoon, confirmed a report lodged on the gruesome find.
“Police have apprehended the deceased’s eldest son, aged 18, in connection with the murder,” Gan told thesundaypost.
Police also found a knife, believed to be the weapon used in the killing.
“The weapon was found inside the car,” said Gan.
Gan added that a family dispute might have been the motive of the killing.
Sources disclosed that the suspect (the son) had earlier on asked his mother to buy him a smartphone, but was turned down.
The victim, a Filipino, has been identified as Mariefe Wong, a tuition teacher.
According to sources, the suspect had left his mother in pain after stabbing her on her neck and belly at around 8am before he fled the scene.
“I saw the car around 8.30 this morning when I arrived at the complex for my tennis training… then when I was about to leave the complex in the afternoon, around 1pm, again I saw the same car in the same position. Curious, I told my other friends to take a closer look,” said one of the patrons who wished to remain anonymous to thesundaypost yesterday.
Shocked upon discovering a woman in the driver’s seat with blood gushing from her wounds, he and his friends immediately called police.
The case is being investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder.