IPOH - The police arrested four foreign men yesterday for suspected involvement in the murder of a foreign man at a house in Buntong here.
Perak police chief Datuk Mior Faridalathrash Wahid said the suspects, 33 to 46, who were related to the victim, were detained at 1.15 pm ysterday.
He said the police received a report from a man, 40, that his brother, 37, was found unconscious at a house at 9.20 am yesterday.
"Preliminary investigations at the scene of the incident revealed that the victim was unconscious on the floor, with a pillow and blanket and was confirmed dead by medical officers and the case was classified as a sudden death,” he said in a statement last night.
Mior Faridalathrash said that the autopsy subsequently revealed that the victim died due to injuries to his abdominal area inflicted by a blunt object.
"The case was reclassified under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder,” he said.
The police also found a steel hammer believed to be the murder weapon, he said, adding that the suspects would be brought to the Ipoh Magistrate’s Court to be remanded today. - BERNAMA
Perak police chief Datuk Mior Faridalathrash Wahid said the suspects, 33 to 46, who were related to the victim, were detained at 1.15 pm ysterday.
He said the police received a report from a man, 40, that his brother, 37, was found unconscious at a house at 9.20 am yesterday.
"Preliminary investigations at the scene of the incident revealed that the victim was unconscious on the floor, with a pillow and blanket and was confirmed dead by medical officers and the case was classified as a sudden death,” he said in a statement last night.
Mior Faridalathrash said that the autopsy subsequently revealed that the victim died due to injuries to his abdominal area inflicted by a blunt object.
"The case was reclassified under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder,” he said.
The police also found a steel hammer believed to be the murder weapon, he said, adding that the suspects would be brought to the Ipoh Magistrate’s Court to be remanded today. - BERNAMA