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- Witness to shooting escapes gunman, but falls into drain
- Rescuers in search of lost boy find headless body instead
- Sabah cops ram boat trying to enter Sandakan, three arrested
| Witness to shooting escapes gunman, but falls into drain Posted: 10 May 2014 08:59 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR: A witness to a fatal shooting incident early Saturday morning at a restaurant in Jalan Ipoh here said he managed to avoid being killed, but fell into a drain in his attempt to flee the shooters. Recounting those terrifying moments, S. Vijay, 29, the younger brother of S. Saravanan, 38, who was fatally shot in the incident, said he was also targeted by the suspect, who fortunately missed him. Vijay said he was with his brother and four others at the restaurant, having a meal. "A man approached us and started shooting. I was shot at but the bullet hit the wall of the restaurant instead," he told Bernama when met at Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL) mortuary here Saturday. He said in his haste to flee, he fell into a drain near the restaurant but he managed to get a glimpse of the suspect. "The suspect was a thin, tall man wearing a cap. I tried to look at his face but could not identify him," he said. Vijay said the suspect later ran into a silver-coloured Perodua Myvi. "I rushed to check on my brother, but he was already dead. Four others were injured. "I carried my brother to the car while the rest were taken to HKL in an ambulance," he said. According to him, he was not sure of the real motive behind the shooting. "My brother and I have been operating a phone shop in Sentul for the past two years," he said. Vijay said his brother's body would be brought back to their house in Ampang after the post-mortem in HKL Saturday. Meanwhile, one of the victims' relatives who was only identified as Giva, said one of the injured victims, Murugan, worked as a personal driver and had five children. "As soon as I received a call from his children, I rushed to HKL. As far as I know, he has no enemies," he said. Sentul police chief ACP Zakaria Pagan, when contacted by Bernama, said the suspect was carrying a semi-automatic pistol and that the case would be investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code. - Bernama |
| Rescuers in search of lost boy find headless body instead Posted: 10 May 2014 08:19 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR: Bentong rescue personnel, searching for a missing 15-year-old boy, made a gruesome discovery of a headless, half-decomposed body near Jalan Karak-Manchis, Saturday evening. The search party, comprising 50 police, Fire and Rescue department personnel and a number of volunteers, were about to wrap up their search for student Sean Ng, who went missing at the Sungai Gapoi waterfall in Telemong on May 2, when they received a tip-off from the public at about 6pm. It reported a foul stench coming from a river along KM21.5 of Jalan Karak-Manchis, some 5km from the waterfall where the boy vanished. "Officers found a male body trapped behind a log in a decayed state, lying on its right side with no head. "Judging from the state of decomposition, the victim may have been dead for about eight days. "We believe we may have found the missing person, but DNA tests will be done at the Bentong Hospital to determine the identity," said Bentong OCPD Supt Mohamad Nor Mansor. Ng, who hails from Taman Melawati here, was on a trip with 11 other friends to the waterfall on Monday. He dove into the river along with seven others from his group at around 3pm but failed to resurface. |
| Sabah cops ram boat trying to enter Sandakan, three arrested Posted: 10 May 2014 08:05 AM PDT KOTA KINABALU: Three intruders, trying to make their way into Sabah's eastern Sandakan district, were arrested after authorities rammed into their boat following a brief chase. The Police General Operations Force (GOF) tiger platoon team pursued the men for two to three kilometres before ramming their boat, Sources told The Star that the police patrol boat personnel came across the intruders in a 200HP speed boat and fired a warning shot before ordering them to surrender at around 7.15pm Saturday. The incident ended at about 8.15pm following a brief struggle with the suspects. One of the three suspects sustained injuries in the incident. The injured suspect was sent to the Duchess of Kent Hospital, while two other suspects are in the custody of Sandakan police for questioning. However, police did not find any firearms inside the boat of the suspects, sources added. Police are investigating if the group were planning to commit a kidnapping or were involved in smuggling. Senior police officers in Sandakan and Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom) could not be reached for further details. |
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