Six suspects behind clinic chain owner’s murder in custody

SHAH ALAM: Six people have been arrested in connection with the abduction and murder of a 41-year-old businessman in Kajang.

The suspects were also believed to have extorted RM20,000 from the victim’s company via online transfer.

The victim’s hands and neck were tied with cable wires before his body was stuffed in a suitcase.

The suitcase was then dumped in a ravine in Hulu Langat, some 27m from the road.

Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the victim, who owned a chain of clinics, was abducted on April 26 after meeting a business acquaintance at a restaurant in Semenyih.“The victim’s housemate lodged a police report at about 6pm on April 26 of him going missing after a business meeting.

“Subsequently, the housemate received a suspicious request, supposedly from the victim, for RM200,000 to be transferred on the same day.

“A sum of RM20,000 was then transferred to a bank account of an unknown company,” he told a press conference yesterday.

Comm Hussein said the victim’s mobile phone could not be reached following the fund transfer request.

“Investigations led police to arrest a man, in his 40s, at about 4pm on April 27, as well as two other men and two women in Kajang and Ampang.

“We also seized more than 10 cellphones and a laptop,” he said.

Comm Hussein said one of the suspects led police to the victim’s body several days after the arrests.

“The post-mortem showed the cause of death was internal injury due to suffocation,” he said.

The main suspect is believed to have planned to extort and murder him, as the victim was killed on the same day he was abducted, Comm Hussein said.

“The main suspect, in his late 30s, had drug and financial problems.

“He is known to the victim, having done renovation work for his home and clinics,” he added.

Comm Hussein said the victim was a PhD holder with a chain of clinics and other properties.

“We also detained the victim’s housemate to assist in the investigation,” he said.