KUANTAN: Four people have been arrested in connection with the murder of a foreign man at the workers’ quarters of a tin mining site at Sungai Bayas in Sungai Lembing near here.
Kuantan OCPD Asst Comm Ashari Abu Samah said the suspects, aged between 38 and 64, comprised Bangladesh and Myanmar nationals and a local who lived in the quarters with the victim.
He said one of the suspects admitted to stabbing the victim for causing a disturbance while intoxicated.
"A knife was also found at the scene, and four blood samples were taken for analysis,” he said in a statement on Sunday (Aug 17).
He said the 42-year-old victim died from stab wounds at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan at about 3am on Saturday (Aug 16), shortly after he was attacked.
ACP Ashari added that the suspects have been remanded for seven days from Saturday. – Bernama
