Two Foreigners Arrested For Stabbing Myanmar Man To Death In Cameron Highlands

KUANTAN, Oct 15 (Bernama) -- Two Myanmar men, 21 and 23, were arrested at 12.05 am yesterday (Tuesday) for allegedly stabbing their fellow countryman in Tringkap, Cameron Highlands on Monday.

Cameron Highlands district police chief Supt Azri Ramli said they learned of the stabbing at about 11.54 pm on Monday night, and arrested the two suspects at a location near the incident.

“The victim, 50, was found unconscious covered in blood, while his wife was injured in the head.

“The police also seized several weapons (during the arrest of the two suspects), including  two knives and a steel rod,” he said in a statement today, adding that the victim was taken to Sultanah Hajah Kalsom Hospital in Tanah Rata where he was pronounced dead, and a subsequent autopsy at Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital’s forensics unit revealed that the cause of death was due to a severed carotid artery.

The forensics team also found several wounds to the neck, head, chin, right cheek and under the victim’s right ear from a sharp object, along with a five-centimetre slash along the abdomen, he said.

Both suspects have been taken to court to be remanded under Section 117 of the Criminal Procedure Code and the case is being investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder, he added.

-- BERNAMA