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Case of the slain cosmetics mogul grips a nation
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September 16, 2010, Thursday
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MALAYSIANS have been captivated this week by the slaying of a self-made cosmetics mogul whose remains were disposed of on a poultry farm owned by two lawyer brothers with an alleged history of shady land deals, according to police.
Sosilawati Lawiya and three of her aides went missing late last month; her BMW sedan was later found abandoned outside a Kuala Lumpur apartment building.
It wasn't until earlier this week, however, when police announced that all four were probably murdered, their bodies burned and the ashes discarded in streams near the lawyers' property that the case exploded into a full-scale media sensation.
Yesterday, police combed a vast oil palm estate, which includes a poultry farm owned by one of the brothers, hoping to find evidence linking them to what appears to be a rare case of mass murder in Malaysia. A day earlier, investigators fished a knife from a muddy stream and seized computers from an office in a nearby town.
The motive for the killings, police say, could be a land deal gone bad, and they are looking into whether the two lawyers may have been involved in other killings. The two have been detained for questioning, but authorities have barred the media from naming them until they are charged. Six farm workers were also arrested but not charged.
The case dominated Malaysian media this week.
"Killer lawyers?" read Monday's headline in The Star daily. "Killed and burnt," "Their throats were slit," proclaimed others. The case has also dominated news bulletins of state TV. Even Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has weighed in, saying he has been shocked by the case.
Sosilawati, a 47-year-old mother of six, started off selling cosmetic products door-to-door. In 1998, she founded her own company, Nouvelle Beauty Care.
She left her house on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur on August 30, according to police, headed for Banting, near Malaysia's western coast, to discuss a land deal with the brothers.
Sosilawati was accompanied by her driver, financial adviser and lawyer, all of whom are also missing.
Sosilawati Lawiya and three of her aides went missing late last month; her BMW sedan was later found abandoned outside a Kuala Lumpur apartment building.
It wasn't until earlier this week, however, when police announced that all four were probably murdered, their bodies burned and the ashes discarded in streams near the lawyers' property that the case exploded into a full-scale media sensation.
Yesterday, police combed a vast oil palm estate, which includes a poultry farm owned by one of the brothers, hoping to find evidence linking them to what appears to be a rare case of mass murder in Malaysia. A day earlier, investigators fished a knife from a muddy stream and seized computers from an office in a nearby town.
The motive for the killings, police say, could be a land deal gone bad, and they are looking into whether the two lawyers may have been involved in other killings. The two have been detained for questioning, but authorities have barred the media from naming them until they are charged. Six farm workers were also arrested but not charged.
The case dominated Malaysian media this week.
"Killer lawyers?" read Monday's headline in The Star daily. "Killed and burnt," "Their throats were slit," proclaimed others. The case has also dominated news bulletins of state TV. Even Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has weighed in, saying he has been shocked by the case.
Sosilawati, a 47-year-old mother of six, started off selling cosmetic products door-to-door. In 1998, she founded her own company, Nouvelle Beauty Care.
She left her house on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur on August 30, according to police, headed for Banting, near Malaysia's western coast, to discuss a land deal with the brothers.
Sosilawati was accompanied by her driver, financial adviser and lawyer, all of whom are also missing.
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