Tanjong Sepat murder-arson: Cops probe if victims knew suspect


SHAH ALAM: Police are investigating if a suspect known to the four victims carried out the Tanjung Sepat murder-arson case.

Selangor police chief Datuk Mazlan Mansor said the police were looking for special clues regarding the case and added that he believed it would be solved soon.

“All aspects are being examined to identify the motive and cause of the incident,” he told reporters here Thursday (Dec 14).

When asked if there was any CCTV footage, Mazlan said there was no CCTV in the surrounding areas.

In the 5.50am incident on Wednesday (Dec 13), the victims Chia Tee Nang, 73, his wife Lim Mai Shak, 68, and their grandsons Ryan Chia, nine, and Chia Yuan Bin, three, were believed to have been murdered and their bodies torched in a house at Jalan Tepi Laut, in Tanjung Sepat.

It is learned that another grandson, aged 12, survived and is being treated at the hospital.

The case is being investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder.  - Bernama

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