Crime & Courts

Five arrested in connection with fatal beating of policeman

KAJANG: Police have arrested five men and are tracking down several other suspects involved in the fatal beating of a police corporal at an apartment in Taman Impian Indah, here, early this morning.

Selangor police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the suspects, aged between 20 and 30 years old, were arrested yesterday in the vicinity of this area, and efforts to locate several other individuals are ongoing.

"The results of the post-mortem conducted yesterday evening revealed that the cause of the victim's death was severe head injuries due to blunt force trauma.

"Further investigations are being conducted under Section 302 of the Penal Code," he said when contacted today.

It was reported yesterday that a police corporal was believed to have been beaten to death in an incident at an apartment in Taman Impian Indah here.

In the incident at around 3am, the 34-year-old corporal was found unconscious at the scene.

Hussein said that the corporal was still serving in the Kuala Lumpur Contingent.

Most Popular
Related Article
Says Stories