Family unable to accept possible fate of land broker

TAPAH: Relatives of a missing land broker, believed to be one of four murder victims of a family of four, are finding it hard to accept that he could be dead.

Sukhvinderjit Singh, 19, said his family had not received any confirmation from the police that his uncle Jasbeer Singh was among the four victims whose remains were found on the grounds of a secluded workshop in Jalan Pahang, near the North-South Expressway exit here.

Last Monday, police arrested a 57-year-old mechanic, his 54-year-old wife and their two sons, aged 20 and 17, at the house, in connection with the cases.

Jasbeer’s disappearance on Aug 28 led police to the wooden house, where it is believed the victims were beaten to death, their remains burnt and ashes scattered in a nearby river.

It is also believed some of the victims could have been caged and chopped into pieces before being burned and fed to a pack of some 30 dogs reared by the family.

“We sort of put bits of information together that it could be my uncle although we hope it isn’t him.

“We are wishing for the best. We want to believe that he is still alive,” Sukhvinderjit said after receiving a visit from Chenderiang assemblyman Datuk Dr Mah Hang Soon here yesterday.

Sukhvinderjit said his uncle also worked as an oil palm contractor.

“He and my father are brothers and I worked with him as well.

“His family has been left in agony following his disappearance. His eldest son now has to care for his mother and three younger siblings,” he added.

On Monday, state deputy police chief Deputy Comm Hasnan Hassan said Jasbeer had gone missing after leaving his house in Kampung Sungai Lah in Chenderiang here at about 9am to deliver food to his plantation workers at Jalan Pahang, leading towards Cameron High­lands.

His motorcycle was subsequently found abandoned by the side of the road near Kampung Batu 5.