Five Indonesians held for murder
KLUANG: Police have arrested five men in connection with the death of an Indonesian man at an oil palm plantation here.
Kluang OCPD Asst Comm Bahrin Mohd Noh said the suspects, aged between 21 and 31, were arrested at 1am yesterday.
'At 9.36am on Saturday, we were alerted about a man in his 30s who had died at Enche' Besar Hajjah Khalsom Hospital after being stabbed in the left side of his chest.
'Further investigation led to the arrest of the five suspects, who are all Indonesian men,' he said in a statement yesterday.
The suspects, who have no criminal records, have been remanded for seven days.
'We are still investigating the cause of the fight that led to the man's death,' ACP Bahrin said.
He urged those with information about the case to come forward and assist the police investigation.
The case is being investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder.
In an unrelated case, ACP Bahrin said the police arrested a drug-positive personal driver after he had been involved in an accident.
The 40-year-old man was arrested at 6.30am on Friday after testing positive for methamphetamine.
'The suspect was driving towards Kluang town from Taman Sri Kluang and suddenly veered into the opposite lane.
'He collided head-on with another car in that lane,' he said.
The suspect was uninjured while a 36-year-old businessman in the other car suffered injuries to his hands and had some abdominal pain.
After the incident, the suspect was taken to the Kluang police headquarters' Narcotics Crime Investigation Division for a urine test.
The suspect also has a criminal record.
The case is being investigated under Section 44(1)(a) of the Road Transport Act 1987 for operating a vehicle while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and Section 15(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 for self-administering dangerous drugs.
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