Police arrest ninth suspect in Bill Kayong murder case


A policeman at the crime scene where Kayong (inset) was shot dead inside his pick-up truck in Senadin.

MIRI: A 27-year-old male suspect has been arrested in connection with the murder of PKR Miri Branch secretary Bill Kayong who was shot dead at a traffic intersection in Lutong on June 21.

Sarawak CID chief SAC Dev Kumar M. M. Sree Shunmugam said the suspect was arrested at 6pm on Sunday, at a restaurant in Jalan Bendahara, Miri and would be produced in the Miri Magistrate's Court today for remand.

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