KOTA KINABALU: A misunderstanding over some grocery loans may have led to the death of a sundry shop operator in Kg Gading, Ulu Bongawan of Papar district here, Saturday (Nov 7) evening.
Papar OCPD Supt Heryan Mohd Tahir said that the victim had been found dead with slash wounds to his throat on Saturday, while the suspect, a 35-year-old immigrant, was arrested at around 12.30pm, Sunday.
He said initial investigations indicated that the victim and suspect had been fighting over some unpaid grocery money, but the actual motive is yet to be verified.
“When we received calls of the incident at 6.15pm, our men had rushed to the scene only to find the victim with severe cut wounds in his throat, lying in a pool of blood. Medical officials later pronounced him dead,” he said in a statement on Sunday.
“The suspect was nabbed from a workers' quarters in the same village at around noon on Sunday,” Supt Heryan said, adding that the victim’s body was later taken to the hospital for post-mortem.
He said this case is being investigated by the Papar and Kepayan police headquarters’ Crime Investigation Divisions.
He added that police had seized items believed to have been used in the alleged murder to facilitate investigations under section 302 of the Penal Code.
“Investigations into this case will be conducted thoroughly and transparently,” said Supt Heryan, urging those with information related to the case to contact police to assist in investigations.
