KOTA KINABALU: Police have set up a task force to probe into the murder of a vocational college student in Lahad Datu.
Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Jauteh Dikun said the task force will be led by the Deputy Chief of the Criminal Investigation Department, Sabah Assistant Commissioner Cyril Edward Nuing @ Hillary.
He said the purpose of establishing the task force was to ensure transparency in the investigation.
"The remand of the detainees will end on March 29 and the investigation is still ongoing under Section 302 of the Penal Code, with a total of 13 detainees.
"This task force will ensure that the investigation proceeds quickly, professionally and systematically," he said at a press conference after officiating the 217th Police Day celebration at the Sabah police contingent headquarters here.
Last week, Mohammad Nazmie Aizzat Muhd Narul Azwan was found unconscious by a dormitory warden early in the morning.
The biotechnology student was later pronounced dead by medical personnel.
Jauteh said although the post-mortem was completed, police could not reveal details.
Despite the incident causing an uproar among the public, he advised people not to speculate as it may disrupt the police investigation.
Jauteh said he hoped the incident would raise security awareness not only among school management but also the Parent-Teacher Associations.
