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Report: S'wakian duo slain in Cheras had triad ties, one allegedly involved in fatal Nov 7 shooting at Bintulu hotel
Screengrabs of a video show two men shot dead by unknown assailants outside a shopping mall in Cheras just after midnight on June 17, 2025. — Photo via Facebook/Mohd Hafiz
KUCHING (June 28): The two Sarawakian men gunned down by unknown assailants outside a Cheras shopping mall early Tuesday are said to have links to the underworld, with one of the dead allegedly involved in the fatal shooting of a man at a Bintulu hotel on Nov 7 last year.
See Hua Daily News , citing multiple sources, said the duo, aged 44 and 42, were allegedly key figures in triads operating in Bintulu and Sibu.
Both had prior criminal records, with one of them having at least four including for murder, rioting, and possessing weapons during a riot.
The report stated that following the Bintulu shooting, the pair went into hiding in Kuala Lumpur.
The authorities, however, have yet to confirm these details, it added.
According to earlier news reports, the two men were shot multiple times on their bodies and heads by a group of unidentified individuals, who rushed at the pair as they and other individuals were about to enter a vehicle to leave the shopping mall at Jalan Loke Yew.
Security camera footage at the mall showed the shooting was perpetrated by five persons, with the incident lasting about 30 seconds.
The Nov 7 Bintulu hotel incident claimed the life of a 36-year-old man, identified by police as Peter Ling Deng Sing from Sibu, who was shot and slashed to death at the fourth floor car park.
Two men – Malaysian Eric Tiong Huong Yew, 36, and Bruneian Alvin Chong Han Khiong, 43 – were arrested by police in Miri a few hours after the shooting and charged in the Bintulu Magistrates' Court on Nov 21.
At the time, police said they were hunting for two more suspects involved in the incident. Cheras shooting gangsters lead Sibu triad
