VictimDatuk Mohd Mazlan Idris
Batu Talam state assemblyman who disappeared after meeting Mona Fandey and Mohd Affandi in July 1993.
REAL CASE · HISTORICAL
Mona Fandey and the murder of Mazlan Idris
A source-led reconstruction of the 1993 disappearance and murder of Pahang assemblyman Mazlan Idris, the prosecution of Mona Fandey, Mohd Affandi Abdul Rahman and Juraimi Hussin, and the appeals that left all three convictions intact.
MalaysiaRaub, Temerloh & Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia2 Jul 1993–2 Nov 2001Concluded
INTERACTIVE CASE RECONSTRUCTION
Mona Fandey and the murder of Mazlan Idris
Raub, Temerloh & Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · 2 Jul 1993–2 Nov 2001
Concluded
REAL-CASE READINESSReady for editorial review
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2 Jul 1993Reported
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Mazlan Idris disappears after meeting Mona Fandey and Mohd Affandi
Archival reporting states Mazlan was last seen after meeting the couple in Raub.
WHAT INVESTIGATORS KNEW AT THIS POINTInvestigators can only rely on the material revealed up to this point in the chronology.
1evidence item revealed3people / roles in view1source record attached1location established
AccusedMaznah Ismail (Mona Fandey)
Convicted of Mazlan Idris's murder and later executed after appeals failed.
AccusedMohd Affandi Abdul Rahman
Mona Fandey's husband; convicted of murder and later executed.
CASE SNAPSHOT
The case in one view.
This summary always shows the latest overall state of the case. It does not change when the chronology above moves.
Mona Fandey, Mohd Affandi and Juraimi Hussin were executed after the convictions, appeals and clemency process had concluded.
APPEAL · Jun 1998Federal Court challenge fails
Datuk Mohd Mazlan IdrisVictim
Locations and movements represented in the full case record.
Raub, PahangLast known meeting area
Ulu Dong, near RaubBody recovery site
Temerloh High CourtTrial court
Kuala Lumpur appellate courtsAppeal courts
Kajang PrisonFinal sentence carried out
ReportedRaub, Pahang → Ulu Dong, near Raub
The main people and material needed to understand the case.
Datuk Mohd Mazlan IdrisVictim
Legal noteArrest ≠ charge. Charge ≠ conviction. Person labels above use the latest source-supported status.
What remains unresolved?
- Which full-text High Court and appellate judgments can be added as primary legal records?
- Which individual exhibits and witness findings can be represented without relying on later sensational retellings?
- Which details commonly repeated in popular culture are absent from the court record and should remain excluded?
How PulseKita handles a case.
- PulseKita excludes supernatural claims, rumours and folklore from the evidence model unless they are directly relevant to a documented court argument.
- The reconstruction relies on legal outcomes and archival reporting, not later dramatizations.
- Graphic detail is minimized unless necessary to explain recovery, identification or a court finding.
- The legal status of each accused is updated through conviction, appeal and final case closure.
- The location view is schematic and does not invent movements that are not supported by the public record.
WAS THIS CASE UNUSUAL?
Put the case beside the wider Malaysian numbers.
The case itself is established by its own evidence and court record. These datasets provide scale and context only; they do not explain motive, guilt or causation.
TIME-PERIOD WARNING
This case spans 2 Jul 1993–2 Nov 2001. Some comparison series below describe more recent Malaysia-wide conditions because a directly comparable historical series is not available. PulseKita does not treat modern figures as if they were the rate at the time of the case.
How has lethal violence changed?
PulseKita keeps the crime-index murder count separate from the SDG intentional-homicide rate because the definitions and units are not interchangeable.
Open-data murder seriescases
2016456
2017379
2018323
2019310
2020253
2021243
2022240
2023258
data.gov's crime_district series describes actual crimes where an offender was convicted. Keep it separate from newer investigation-paper counts.
Crime-index murder casescases
2022240
2023258
2024236
Crime-index murder is a PDRM crime-index series. Do not splice it into the SDG intentional-homicide rate series.
Intentional homicide, ICCScases
2024237
The 2024 ICCS intentional-homicide count is shown as a separate snapshot because the open SDG rate series currently ends in 2022. The 2024 crime-index murder count is 236, while ICCS intentional homicide is 237; the two statistical concepts must remain separate.
COMPARISON CAVEAT
Explore full homicide / murder data →Definitions changed across statistical products. PulseKita must label crime-index murder, ICCS homicide and SDG homicide rate separately.