SHAH ALAM: A man who was released after he allegedly beat his mother to death using a pair of safety boots and a metal hammer, has been re-arrested for drug offences.
The barber was released after it was found that the victim's death was caused by a heart attack in the incident in Kampung Jawa, here on Feb 28.
Shah Alam district police chief ACP Mohd Iqbal Ibrahim said police are now in the process of obtaining instructions to press charges against the suspect for drug offences when contacted by Bernama today.
Mohd Iqbal added that when arrested, the man tested positive for methamphetamine, and had previous drug and criminal records.
In an unrelated development, Mohd Iqbal said that the remand order against a lorry driver, suspected of murdering his Thai girlfriend by pushing her off the 23rd floor of a condominium in Setia Alam on Feb 29, has been extended for another two days, starting tomorrow.
He said that the magistrate's Court allowed the application to extend the remand period against the 37-year-old local suspect, this morning. – BERNAMA