SEREMBAN: Police have found the remains of a woman and her two young children at a house in Lenggeng near here.
Nilai police chief Supt Abdul Malik Hasim said the bodies of the 34-year-old woman and her two daughters, aged between three and six years, were found in the house.
Supt Abdul Malik said police had detained the woman's husband at around 1am on Tuesday (Feb 20) and obtained an order to remand him for four days till Feb 23.
The husband, who is in his 30s, works as a technician.
The case, he said, is being investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder.
The remains of the deceased have been sent to the Tuanku Jaáfar Hospital for a post mortem.
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