Factory worker arrested over Tanjong Sepat murder-arson

KUALA SELANGOR: Police have arrested a 38-year-old factory worker in connection with the case in which an elderly couple and their two grandsons were allegedly slashed to death and set on fire at their home in Tanjong Sepat.

Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Mazlan Mansor said the man was arrested at around 1am on Friday. He is believed to be the boyfriend of the daughter of the elderly couple.

“A team from the Selangor Serious Crimes Unit (D9) arrested the suspect at a shoplot along Jalan 10/40 in Taman Pusat Kepong,” he told reporters at the handing over of duties ceremony of the Kuala Selangor OCPD here on Friday.

Comm Mazlan said based on investigation, the suspect is believed to have acted alone.

“The suspect is believed to be the boyfriend of the daughter of the deceased elderly victims,” he said.

An elderly couple and their two grandsons were allegedly slashed to death and set on fire at their home in Tanjong Sepat.

“The man has a hearing and speech impediment and does not have any criminal record,” he added.

The elderly couple's two sons (fathers of the two young victims) and their wives are all deaf mutes.

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.

Another grandson, aged 12, survived and is being treated at the hospital.

Police have said they were investigating if a suspect known to the four victims carried out the murder-arson.

Comm Mazlan said police are looking for special clues regarding the case and added that he believed it would be solved soon.

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