POLICE arrested five people, including four women, on suspicion of murdering an Indian national, whose body was found buried on a hillside behind a bungalow in Subang Jaya on Thursday. 

Subang Jaya police chief Wan Azlan Wan Mamat said the suspects, aged between 25 and 35, were two local women, an Indonesian woman, and a man and a woman from India. 

He said all the suspects, who worked at an old folk’s home, were arrested on Thursday and yesterday in Subang Jaya.

“The case was brought to light after a male Indian national confessed to killing his countryman in May and burying the body behind the bungalow, used as an old folks’ home, in Subang Jaya. His confession was made in Ampang Jaya. 

“Following the confession, police from the Ampang Jaya district police headquarters detained the suspect as well as a female Indian national, who is the wife of the victim. 

“The suspect led police to the location of the murder and to where the body was buried,” he said in a statement today. 

At the location, police found a plastic package believed to have been used to wrap the body of the 25-year-old victim, whose throat was slit.

Following the discovery of the body, he said, police arrested three women to assist in the investigation.

Wan Azlan said the investigation found that the motive for the murder was linked to an affair involving the victim’s wife.

“The victim’s body was sent to Serdang Hospital’s forensics department for an autopsy. Police are continuing with the investigation to locate the murder weapon,” he added. – Bernama, February 4, 2023.