Friday, January 23, 2009
Sentul police chief, ACP Zakaria Pagan said with the arrest, police believe the case can be solved soon.
He added that police are in the midst of tracking down two more accomplices in connection with the case.
According to Zakaria, the wanted duo are G. Rajeswaran, 20, a salesman at a video compact-disc shop in Section 2, Wangsa Maju, whose last known address was Lot 988, Lorong Awan Biru, Taman Yarl, Batu 51/2, Jalan Klang Lama and M. Rhuvethan, 20, whose last known address was No 105, Block F6, Section 2, Wangsa Maju.
Zakaria said during the incident, Kadar Abdul Kadir Said, 22, together with his fellow Somalians were walking home from a cybercafe towards Menara Alpha Condominium when they were stopped by a group of men who demanded money.
When Kadar told them that they did not have any, the group was enraged.
"His three friends, however, managed to escape, while Kadar who was a second-year student in Business Management at the Kolej Universiti Insaniah, Alor Setar, Kedah was surrounded by the men who clubbed him mercilessly with hard objects.
"The suspects fled after Kadar fell unconscious by the road. He was rushed to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital by passers-by but succumbed to head injuries and brain hemorrhage," he told reporters, here, Friday.
Acting immediately on a public tip-off, Zakaria said police raided a house in Wangsa Maju and arrested a 17-year-old teenager, before detaining two others in the neighbourhood.
"The first suspect was nabbed soon after we received information on Jan 21, while two other men, a waiter and a student, were detained the same evening," he said.
He said police picked up another suspect, aged 24, who was believed to be the main suspect in the murder, at 4.30am today, but no murder weapon was found.
All suspects would be remanded until Jan 29, to facilitate investigations.
Source: Bernama, Jan 23, 2009