Brutal: Martunovich smiling as New York police whisk him away on a stretcher. Inset: A picture of Ng, one of two people killed by Martunovich, who was armed with a hammer, at a Brooklyn restaurant.
KUALA LUMPUR: Despite being a world away and having to put up with a 12-hour time difference, Ng Thang Kheong always kept in close contact with his mother, according to a relative.
His nephew Benny Ng, 32, said the murdered restaurant owner’s 90-year-old mother lit up each time he called from New York.
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