Malaysian shot dead while riding back to Thai hotel

Dead end: Thai police at the scene where Mohd Nizam (inset) from Penang was gunned down in the wee hours at Phadungpakdee Road in Haadyai.

ALOR SETAR: A Malaysian man returning to his hotel in Haadyai, Thailand, was shot dead.

The body of Mohd Nizam Ahmad Basrah, 28, was found lying on Phadungpakdee Road in the city by a passer-by at about 4.30am (Malaysian time) yesterday.