A tycoon has been arrested after a family dispute he was involved in took a violent turn.
The suspect, who owns a family-run business with stores nationwide, is now under remand to facilitate investigations into who allegedly masterminded a brutal attack on two lawyers at their office on Oct 19.
The attack, believed to have stemmed from the family feud, saw the lawyers being ambushed by two assailants, who had entered the law office at Publika shopping centre here on the pretext of seeking legal representation.
One of the victims was a 67-year-old former judge, whose wife was involved in a dispute with her brother, the tycoon, allegedly over a family estate in Bangsar here.
The New Straits Times learnt from police that the tycoon was detained on Tuesday night and is being investigated for voluntarily causing grievous hurt.
The two assailants allegedly attacked the former judge and his associate with screwdrivers, stabbing their victims and causing one of them to suffer a shoulder fracture.
The victims' cries for help drew the attention of the firm's employees and security guards, who rushed to the office.
They subsequently overpowered the assailants before handing them over to the police who arrived later.
The former judge's associate, 31, suffered stab wounds to his head, cheek, palms and the back of his left hand.
The assailants, Muhammad Asyraf Sharin and Muhammad Shahrulnizam Mohd Maimun, were charged with the crime on Oct 25, to which they pleaded guilty before Sessions judge Datuk Nu'aman Mahmud Zuhudi.
They were each sentenced to four years' jail and a stroke of the rotan.
The former judge, in his statement, initially said he and his partner did not know the assailants, but later told investigators that he suspected his tycoon brother-in-law could have played a role.
The NST also learned that several other suspects who could be linked to the assault had been picked up by police.
The NST also has been alerted that the tycoon is expected to be charged in the Sessions Court today (Nov 17).