Cops Find 'Slaughterhouse' In Penang Where 20 Of The 50 Gruesome Murders Took Place
The house is believed to be linked to a series of murders involving Myanmar nationals in recent months.
By Sadho Ram — 06 Dec 2014, 12:41 PM — Updated about 10 years ago
Located in Machang Bubok near the town of Bukit Mertajam, it looks like any ordinary low-cost, single-storey house. But this little house has a terrifyingly horror story to tell. It is where some 20 Myanmar nationals were murdered and dismembered in brutal revenge killings.
The house is believed to be linked to a series of murders involving Myanmar nationals in recent months
Image via themalaysianinsider.comAs per The Star, police raided the house at Kampung Pisang, in a wooded area off the main road and have now sealed it off. Although the murderers, who had returned the house key to the unsuspecting owner, had the house repainted, police found bloodstains inside.
The last two murders in Penang were believed to have taken place at the house, which was empty. Meanwhile, the murder suspects were also believed to have rented another house six doors away.
According to Penang police chief Senior Deputy Comm Abdul Rahim, the suspects stayed there and brought their victims to the other house where they killed and dismembered them. "We've recovered three long machetes believed to be the weapons used by the suspects."
SDCP Abdul Rahim said the house where the murders were committed had been rented by the suspects for the past four months.
“We are still investigating how many bodies had been cut up in the house,” he added.
He said police picked up another two suspects, in their 30s, on Penang island on Thursday night, taking the total number of suspects detained over the murders of Myanmar nationals to 17.
Fifteen Myanmar nationals, in their 20s to 40s, including the mastermind, have been picked up over the past two weeks in a police operation codenamed Ops Kelar, in connection with the murder of their fellow countrymen.
Rahim said with the arrests, eight out of 18 murder cases involving foreigners in Penang have been solved, The Malaysian Insider reported
The cases included the discovery of a severed head in a bag in Taman Impian Ria in Bukit Mertajam on November 24, and a pair of arms and a head found near the Machang Bubuk police station last Monday.
"Throwing body parts near the police station is an attempt to challenge our credibility.
"The people don't have to worry. We will make sure there will be no harm towards the local community. We also warn these foreigners against taking the law into their own hands," Rahim said.
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“We are still in the midst of arresting more suspects.
“The operation will focus on 18 murder cases involving Myanmar nationals in Penang,” he said.
He added that police had also recovered a car which was believed to have been used by the suspects to transfer the body parts to other locations.
Speaking on the motive behind the killings, SDCP Abdul Rahim speculated it could have been related to debts and revenge
Abdul Rahim (right) and his men outside the house where the murders took place
Image via themalaymailonline.comHe said based on initial investigation, the suspects, who were mostly labourers and contract workers at construction sites, knew one another back in Myanmar.
"We believe with the arrests so far, we will be able to solve all murder cases involving foreigners soon," he added.
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