BATU PAHAT, Jan. 31 -- The 44-year-old man suspected to have killed his girlfriend at a rented house in Taman Damai II last Tuesday has regained consciousness but remains under close police monitoring at Hospital Sultanah Nora Ismail.

The suspect was discovered lying beside the victim with slash wounds to his neck and wrists, and is believed to have inflicted the injuries on himself, possibly intending suicide.

"Police have yet to record the suspect's statement as his responses remain slow. We are still waiting for his condition to improve to allow further investigations to be carried out," Batu Pahat police chief Assistant Commissioner Shahrulanuar Mushaddat Abdullah Sani was quoted by the New Straits Times as saying today.

The suspec...