JOHOR BAHRU, Dec. 2 -- Bukit Aman's Classified Criminal Investigation Unit (USJT) under the federal police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) will taken over the murder investigation over the death of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia's (UTM) Reserve Officers Training Unit (Palapes) cadet Syamsul Haris Shamsudin.

Johor Police Chief Datuk Ab Rahaman Arsad said this follows the reclassification of the case from sudden death to murder under Section 302 of the Penal Code following instructions from the Attorney General's Chambers (AGC).

"This decision is in line with the statement issued by federal police CID director yesterday, where the probe will be conducted entirely by Bukit Aman's USJT from the Johor police.

"With regards to the i...