KUALA LUMPUR – Police have solved the murder of a 21-year-old man at a housing project here after arresting six suspects in connection with the killing.
The victim was slashed to death at the Taman Intan Baiduri People’s Housing Project in Kepong here last month.
Sentul police chief Beh Eng Lai said all the suspects, aged between 24 and 42 years old, were picked up around Klang Valley yesterday, bringing the total number of people arrested in this case to nine.
“Investigations show that three of the arrested suspects are responsible and directly involved with the murder,” he said here today, adding that the motive for the murder is related to drug trafficking.
He said all the suspects are unemployed and have previous criminal records involving drug cases. They have been remanded for seven days until Dec 12.
“With these arrests, the case has been deemed solved.”
Beh said previously, police had arrested three men on November 25, the same day of the incident, and released them on police bail after their remand period ended.
In the incident at about 10am, the victim was slashed by two men on a motorcycle at the housing project. It is learnt that the victim had gone there to set up tents. – Bernama, December 6, 2020
