KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 2 — The police have detained eight foreigners to facilitate investigations into the murder of three Sri Lankan men at a rented house in Jalan Perhentian Kampung Kovil Hilir, Sentul, on September 22.
Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Allaudeen Abdul Majid said the suspects are in their 20s and 40s, and they included the two main Sri Lankan suspects who were detained last Monday (September 25), as well as the Sri Lankan couple who were arrested on the day of the incident.
Also detained on Monday were three Sri Lankan men and a Pakistani man at a terraced house in Petaling Jaya, who were suspected of harbouring the two main suspects.
“The remand on the Sri Lankan couple has been extended until October 5 after it ended on September 29.
“However, the husband died while in custody on Saturday (September 30), leaving a total of seven suspects still in remand to assist in the investigation.
“The two main suspects were arrested after the three Sri Lankan men and Pakistani man four were interrogated. Their remand period ends today, but the police will apply to get their remand extended,” he said at a press conference after the Back To School programme at Victoria Institution today.
In the 11pm incident, the police found three dead men stacked in the storeroom of a shophouse at Jalan Perhentian in Kampung Kovil Hilir. Their hands and feet were tied while their heads were covered with plastic bags.
Two of the deceased persons were tenants at the premises, while another was the son of the married couple.
Meanwhile, Allaudeen said the suspect’s death in custody will not affect the investigation because the investigation papers are almost completed for the case to be referred to the deputy public prosecutor this week.
“The investigation into the detainee’s death has been handed over to the Criminal Investigation Unit on Deaths in Custody under the Bukit Aman Integrity and Standard Compliance Department, ” he said
— Bernama
