POLICE have solved the murder of a 21-year-old man at a housing project in Kepong, after arresting six suspects.

The man was slashed to death at the Taman Intan Baiduri people’s housing project last month.

Sentul district police chief Beh Eng Lai said all the suspects, aged between 24 and 42,  were picked up around Klang Valley yesterday, bringing the total number of people arrested in this case to nine.

“Investigations showed three of the arrested suspects were responsible and directly involved with the murder,” he said today, adding that the motive for the murder was related to drug trafficking activities.

He said all the suspects were unemployed and had previous criminal records involving drugs.

They have been remanded for seven days until December 12. 

“With these arrests the case is deemed solved,” he said.

Beh said before this, police had arrested three men on the same day of the incident – on November 25 and released them on police bail after their remand period ended.

In the incident at about 10am, the victim was slashed by two men on a motorcycle at the housing project.  It is learnt the victim had gone to the housing area to set up tents.

Meanwhile, in a separate case, a 35-year-old man was arrested after he was suspected of being involved in assaulting a restaurant patron at Jalan Metro Perdana Taman Usahawan in Kepong on Friday.

The suspect was detained at about 7pm yesterday on Jalan Pudu and remanded for four days until Wednesday for further investigations.

“We are still looking for five more individuals involved in the case,” he said.

The incident on Friday stemmed from a misunderstanding over a double-parking incident. The 30-year-old victim and his wife were attacked by three angry men because the victim had double-parked his vehicle blocking the suspect’s car. – Bernama, December 6, 2020.