Disagreements Lead To Three Separate Murders Of 17-Year-Old Son, Wife And Colleague

MALACCA: A teenager, believed to have been beaten up by his father because he wanted to get a job to help the family, was found dead in his room in Kampung Jaya, Alor Gajah on Sunday.

Alor Gajah District Deputy Police Chief Supt Abd Rahman Jid said the victim, Muhamad Hafiz Abd Ghani, 17, reportedly had an argument with his father, 52, in their house at about 5pm Saturday. "The victim wanted to find a job, but the father disagreed," he said.

Abd Rahman said Muhamad Hafiz, who would usually not go against his father's wishes, refused to take no for an answer, which resulted in a heated argument breaking out between them. He said the father then hit the victim, the eldest of 10 children, with a wooden club, causing him to lose consciousness.

Abd Rahman said Muhamad Hafiz's mother wanted to send him to the hospital for treatment but the father refused, claiming it was not serious. He said the victim's mother, 38, tried to wake her son for their pre-dawn meal Sunday before beginning their fast, but Muhamad Hafiz did not wake up, reported Bernama.

Siti Habibah said she wanted to go into his room to wake him later, but her husband stopped her, saying that their son could be still tired and sleeping. ''Then I saw my husband leaving the house in a rush without his phone and wallet at about 8.30am. ''I suspected something amiss and went to check on Muhamad Hafiz in his room,'' she said, adding she was shocked to find him lifeless on the bed. Abd Rahman said the police were now hunting for the father, who was still missing.

KANGAR: Man set his wife on fire in the bathroom of their house at Kampung Abi Padang Machang here this morning. The victim is in critical condition at Tuanku Fauziah Hospital, after suffering 80 per cent burns on her face and body while the suspect, who also caught fire, suffered 20 per cent burns.

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The 10am fire was detected by a neighbour who was passing by the couple’s house on his way to work. According to sources the neighbour immediately barged into the house when he saw the fire in the bathroom and found the couple, both 23, on fire and lying on the bathroom floor. He frantically put out the fire using a fire extinguisher while shouting for help

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A spokesperson from the State Fire and Rescue Department said they received a distress call about the incident at 10.06am and the fire had been put out completely by villagers by the time the firemen arrived at the scene.

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On further inspection a lighter and a can of petrol was found inside the bathroom. “Only the husband and wife were on fire while the house and furniture were not affected,” he said.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Swift response by the public and police led to the immediate capture of a 39-year-old welder-cum taxi driver who allegedly slashed another cabbie to death near Jalan Pudu Ulu Cheras here. Cheras OCPD Asst Comm Mohan Singh said police rushed to the scene after the public alerted them of the incident at about 6.10am on Saturday.

“We found the 63-year-old cabbie lying in a pool of blood by the roadside, not far from where the suspect was first detained. “Initial investigations revealed that the welder was a passenger in the victim’s taxi. “We believe that a scuffle had ensued between the two men following a disagreement over the fare,” he said when contacted.

ACP Mohan said police were not ruling out the possibility that the welder had attempted to rob the cabbie. The case has been classified as murder under Section 302 of the Penal Code.