Security guards held for allegedly beating suspected thief to death

KLANG: Six security guards have been arrested over the beating up and subsequent death of a suspected thief.

The 42yearold entered the IJM Jalan Sungai PulohAman Perdana highway construction site on Tuesday, apparently to steal metal.

Selangor CID chief Senior Asst Comm Fadzil Ahmat said North Klang police were informed about the alleged theft at about 9am on Tuesday.

“We arrived at the scene and arrested the suspect and seized his vehicle in which were pieces of metal.

“The suspect was taken to the Bukit Raja police station,’’ he said, adding it was the guards who handed over the man to the police.

He said the suspect looked weak and had injuries on his arms and legs. There were also bruises all over his body.

“The suspect lost consciousness at the police station and was taken to Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah.

“He was pronounced dead at around noon. The man was identified as S. Asogan Naidu,” he said, adding a postmortem would be conducted to determine the cause of death.

SAC Fadzil said, in a followup operation, police arrested the six security guards at the construction site.

“They are believed to have beaten the man before handing him over to us,” he said, adding the guards had been remanded for a week.

The case has been classified as murder.