Five including two women held in connection with murder of bussinessman
02 May 2023 03:59pm
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Selangor police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the suspects were aged between 22 and 40, including a man in his late 30s who was the main suspect in the case, and the police also seized 12 mobile phones, including one belonging to the victim.
He said that, based on preliminary investigations, it was found that the 41-year-old male victim was driving to meet the main suspect, who is a contractor at a restaurant in Semenyih, near here, at about 11 am on April 26.
"The victim then sent a short message service (SMS) to his housemate asking to deposit the company's money, amounting to RM228,000, into an unknown account.
"Also receiving the SMS was the accountant of the victim's company, who was also ordered to do a similar act. However, he did not do as asked as he felt something was amiss, before the victim's mobile phone failed to be contacted,” he said at a press conference at the Selangor police contingent headquarters (IPK) here, today.
He said the police received a report from the victim's 36-year-old housemate and a member of the victim's family regarding the incident.
"Based on the evidence, the main suspect confessed to planning and killing the victim before his body was dumped in a ravine in a remote area in Hulu Langat and the post-mortem revealed that the cause of death was due to strangulation.
Hussein said the victim and the main suspect had known each other for the past year after repairing the victim's clinic and house.
"The motive behind the incident was to get the victim's money, as the suspect was believed to have financial problems paying lawyers for drug-related cases. The suspect also managed to get RM20,000 from the victim," he said.
According to him, the case which was initially investigated according to Section 385 of the Penal Code, was reclassified as a murder case and investigated according to Section 302 of the Penal Code.- BERNAMA
