Following a hunting session which went horribly wrong, a man tried to cover his tracks by abandoning his friend’s body hundreds of kilometres away from the scene in order to cook up a story and mislead police.
However, police saw right through the ploy and arrested him and another individual for their role in the incident.
Mistook friend as wild animal
According to Perak police chief Datuk Noor Hisam Nordin, he said the victim was out hunting with three other men in a forested area in Batu Caves last Sunday night (Sept 28).
During the excursion however, the suspect mistook the victim for a wild animal and fired three shots at him from behind, leading to his death, reported Sinar Harian.
M’sian man ditches friend’s body 300km away
Not wanting to be caught by the authorities, the suspect and the two other men decided to transport the victim in a vehicle to Kampung Selamat, Semanggol near Bagan Serai, which was 300km away from Batu Caves.
They then left the body along an unpaved road in an attempt to fabricate another story that would throw police off the lead.
Members of the public eventually stumbled upon the body and contacted police at 3.55am the next day. Police later confirmed the victim’s death when they arrived at the scene.
The victim’s body was sent to Taiping Hospital for a post-mortem scheduled to be carried out today.
Suspects nabbed
Noor Hisam said two men, aged 32 and 33, were arrested by police in Kampung Selamat on Monday, with one of them being the victim’s relative.
Another man was later caught in Batu Caves at about 8.30pm on the same day.
A Toyota Vellfire, a Mazda BT-50, a Toyota Hilux, two homemade rifles, 11 rounds of 12-bore ammunition, and four mobile phones were also seized by police.
All three suspects were remanded for seven days until October 6 to assist investigations under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder and police are currently looking for another individual who’s believed to be involved as well.
Those with further information are urged to contact the Kerian District Criminal Investigation Division Chief, Assistant Superintendent Ambri Mat Nayan, at 012-5306567 or the nearest police station.
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