IPOH: Three individuals are now being remanded to facilitate investigations into the murder of a man who was hacked to death in front of a shop in Teluk Intan on Tuesday (Nov 3).
Hilir Perak OCPD Asst Comm Chua Kok Lian said the three, which included a 27-year-old woman and two foreign nationals, are being remanded from Nov 4 to 11.
"We have just arrested another local man on Thursday (Nov 5). We will get a remand order today (Nov 6)," he said in a statement on Friday (Nov 6).
A 48-year-old man was reportedly attacked by three men with machetes at Taman Banjar Jaya at about 3.53pm.
The victim sustained serious injuries and was rushed to the Teluk Intan Hospital for treatment before he was pronounced dead.
