Suspect linked to murder of foreigner in Lapok nabbed

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MIRI: Police in Baram believe they have solved a murder case with the arrest of a male suspect in connection with the death of an unemployed foreigner in Lapok on Nov 13.

Acting Baram District police chief, ASP Jimmy Panyau said the suspect was arrested several hours after the body of the victim was found by villagers at a riverbank in Lapok at about 5pm.

“With the arrest of the 53-year-old suspect, we are confident that the case had been solved,” Jimmy said when contacted by The Borneo Post yesterday.

He said a postmortem conducted at Miri Hospital on Thursday Nov 18 confirmed that the victim had been shot dead as several bullets were found lodged in his body.

Police classify the case as murder and are investigating it under Section 302 of the Penal Code, the penalty for which is death by hanging.

The suspect, a friend of the victim, is being remanded for seven days to assist in investigation under Section 117 of the Penal Code.