Gruesome killings that rocked a nation


GEMENCHEH: The murder of four family members in Kg Batang Rokan near here in January 2010 will surely go down in history as among the most gruesome crimes.

Located south of Tampin and a short distance before Gemas, the small town of Gemencheh hogged newspaper headlines in April 1982 following the slaying of Negri Sembilan assembly speaker Datuk Mohd Taha Talib in 1982 by a federal minister.

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