KUALA LUMPUR, July 1 -- One of the suspects detained in the murder of Maniishapriet Kaur Akhara, a 20-year-old physiotherapy student, was her housemate, according to police in Selangor.

The housemate is believed to have given her boyfriend - now the main suspect - access to the student hostel unit in Cyberjaya before the killing took place.

At a press conference on Tuesday, Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said that preliminary findings indicated the suspect had stayed at the accommodation before and was allowed to return on the night of the murder while his girlfriend, the housemate, was away in her hometown.

"The main suspect had apparently stayed overnight previously," he was quoted as saying by The Star.

"On the ...