Businessman shot while drinking with friends

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Police cordoning off the area around the crime scene for investigation.

Police cordoning off the area around the crime scene for investigation.

BINTULU: A 32-year-old businessman was shot dead while having a drink with some friends at the five-foot-way in front of the Check In KTV at Parkcity Commercial Centre here around 9.40pm on Friday.

Bintulu police chief Supt Abdul Razak Mohamad said the victim was believed to have been shot by an unknown suspect, using a shotgun, who fled the scene immediately.

He said police are not dismissing the possibility that the case is related to business rivalry.

The suspect, he said, was inside a white-coloured car that suddenly passed the area.

“The victim was shot twice on his jaw and died on arrival at the Bintulu Medical Centre.

“During the incident, the owner of the premises, a 31-year-old Chinese man who was coincidently at the scene was injured after he was hit by a stray bullet but is in stable condition,” he said.

Razak said a task force was formed to probe further into this case which is investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder.