SUNGAI PETANI, July 5 -- The police have arrested the wife of a man who was shot dead in a gunfight with police in Bandar Puteri Jaya here last night.

Harian Metro reported Kuala Muda police chief Asst Comm Hanyan Ramlan saying the woman, believed to be in her 20s, was detained at the couple's rented home near the scene of the shooting.

"The suspect has been remanded for seven days from today until July 12 for further investigation," he told a press conference at the Kuala Muda police headquarters.

He said a pistol was also seized during a search of the residence.

Yesterday, the police shot dead another man believed to be involved in a series of armed robberies, just a day after two other suspects were killed in a shootout in Jitra. ...