Myanmar man arrested within 12 hours after fatal stabbing in Cheras
KUALA LUMPUR: A foreigner was arrested yesterday, less than 12 hours after a fellow countryman was stabbed to death in Taman Maluri, Cheras, on Tuesday.
A foreign man was apprehended in Malaysia less than 12 hours after a fellow national from Myanmar lost his life in a brutal stabbing incident, according to police reports. The victim, a man in his 20s, succumbed to severe abdominal injuries after receiving medical attention at Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz at 10am on Tuesday. Acting on leads, a team from the Cheras district police headquarters' Criminal Investigation Department executed an arrest warrant for the suspect at a location in Taman Maluri around noon on the same day.
The suspect, a Myanmar national in his early 30s, was unemployed and had no prior criminal record to his name. During the arrest, police recovered a pair of scissors believed to have been utilized in the fatal attack. According to Datuk Fadil Marsus, the city police chief, the case is being probed under Section 302 of the Penal Code, which pertains to murder. Police have requested for a remand order against the suspect, which was issued today.
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