Filipino shoots countryman dead after quarrel in Sibu

ACP Kamal (third from left) talking to some of the estate workers.

SIBU: A Filipino was gunned down in cold blood by his own countryman in front of his workers' quarters of an oil palm estate, 60km from here following a quarrel.

A village headman, Tuai Rumah Digat Kasi, 45 told reporters at the scene Monday that in the 7am incident, the victim, identified only as Anil, 36, had called the suspect to his workers' quarters to settle a matter relating to their work.