JOHOR BARU: One of two men on a motorcycle shot dead the owner and manager of a pub in Jalan Permas 10, Permas Jaya, early today as their victim was waiting in his vehicle for food ordered from a motorised steamboat vendor.
Johor Baru Selatan Police chief ACP Sulaiman Salleh said the pillion rider of the motorcycle, which had pulled up behind the stationary Toyota Harrier of the pub owner, identified as Kessu and in his 40s, and shot him several times in the head, killing him on the spot in the 2.15 am incident.
The motive for the killing had yet to be established, he said in a statement.
Sulaiman appealed to anyone with information on the case to contact any police station or the Johor Baharu Selatan Police headquarters hotline at 07-2218999.--BERNAMA