Body of hawker found in drain, four arrested


KOTA KINABALU: A 49-year-old local man who left his house for a drive during the early hours of Sunday (June 9) was found dead in a drain about 36 hours later in Tawau.

The man was identified as Jaafar Jalman, a local hawker from Kg Titingan, and he was found with stab wounds to his neck and chest at the Fajar township at about 5pm on Monday (June 10). His car was also missing.

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