of malaysian cosmetic millionaire, sosilawati lawiya, murdered

Malaysian cosmetics millionaire murdered and burnt: Sosilawati Lawiya, the founder of Nouvelle Visages line of cosmetics in Malaysia, was murdered and burnt. Utusan Malaysia daily carried a banner headline in its Sunday edition stating "Sosilawati was Murdered", quoting police sources.


Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya, Ahmad Kamil, Kamarudin, Norhisham. [photo via The Star]

Malaysian police said Sunday that missing cosmetics millionaire Sosilawati Lawiya and three of her associates were murdered, their bodies burnt and ashes thrown into a river.

Sosilawati, 47, who founded the popular Nouvelle Visages line of cosmetics in the country, was reported missing on August 30 along with her driver, lawyer and a bank officer, after going to discuss a land deal in a central Selangor state town.

"I can say that Sosilawati Lawiya and three others are believed to have been murdered and their bodies burnt with ashes strewn in a river near the coast of the southwestern part of the state," Criminal Investigations department head Bakri Zinin told AFP.

"Police have detained eight suspects in the case and they provided information that led us to the location where the remains were found," he added.