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Police Nab Nine Men For Suspected Murder Of Foreign Colleague

BALIK PULAU, A foreign man was found murdered with multiple stabs around 3.15 this morning at a Thai restaurant in Bukit Genting, Jalan Bukit Genting.

‘Preliminary investigations indicate the victim had a dispute with several foreign colleagues at the restaurant.

‘The Penang Criminal Investigation Department launched a special operation and detained eight foreign men and one local man for questioning,’ said Penang police chief Datuk Hamzah Ahmad in a statement today.

With the detention of the nine suspects, aged 20 to 35, police believe they have solved the case in under 12 hours.

‘They are under a seven-day remand until Aug 11, and the case is being investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder,’ he added.

Source: BERNAMA News Agency