‘DEBT MOTIVE BEHIND SLAYING’
Victim owed triad gang drug money, says Bukit Aman
UNSETTLED debts involving drug-related transactions are believed to be the reason behind the slaying of a 44-yearold man at a petrol station in Taman Pelangi here on Sunday.
Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department (CID) director Commissioner Datuk Seri Wan Ahmad Najmuddin Mohd said the debt was owed to a triad gang who had sent its members to abduct the victim.
“Initial investigations reveal that the incident stemmed from a debt involving two individuals, a man and a woman, who were arrested in Penang on Dec 20,” he said at the Johor police headquarters here yesterday.
He said the debt amount had yet to be ascertained and the victim was a member of a triad gang in Johor.
Wan Ahmad said police had arrested 14 individuals in relation to the case.
He said the latest arrest involved a 22-yearold man here yesterday, adding that the other suspects were under police custody and had been remanded for a week.
“The first two arrests were made in Penang while seven individuals were picked up in Singapore and five others in Johor Baru.”
Wan Ahmad said those in custody were between 16 and 26 years old, comprising 10 male and four female suspects.
“We are compiling all the details, but some of the suspects have problem communicating in
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