The remand order was issued by sessions court judge Azaraorani Abdul Rahman this morning, Berita Harian reported.

Police arrested the trio – a man and two women aged 19 and 20 – around Johor Bahru, Johor, and Gemencheh, Negeri Sembilan, between 9am yesterday and 2am today.

Sepang police chief Norhizam Bahaman said all three suspects were known to the victim, University of Cyberjaya student Maniishapriet Kaur Akhara, who was found dead in her condominium unit by a friend at about 10am on June 24.

She was staying in the unit with five other students, but her housemates had reportedly returned to their hometowns for the holidays on June 21.

An autopsy identified her cause of death as blunt force trauma to the head. Police said there were no signs that her residence had been broken into, and that she had not suffered injuries consistent with rape.