MIRI
: Do not dub Sarawak a “lawless, cowboy state” on account of three shooting
deaths in seven months, says Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Acryl Sani
Abdullah Sani.
“(Police
investigations have revealed that) the three murders are isolated cases. Do not
conclude that just because such cases occurred in the spate of seven months
that the state is unsafe,” he told reporters after a walkabout programme at a
Ramadan bazaar in the Miri indoor stadium here today.
On
July 31, the police formed a special task force to investigate the three
killings before submitting a report within a fortnight.
On
the development in the three murders, Acryl Sani said the cases were not linked
as each was fuelled by different motives.
Nevertheless,
he did not rule out “territorial” or “woman-related” disputes as likely causes.
The
first murder was reported in January when businessman Lau Leh Ing, 41, was
gunned down while walking to his office in Sibu.
The
second case involved Ang Soon Heng, 30, who was shot in the head while having
breakfast at a restaurant in Kuching, the same month.
The
third killing involved a 48-year-old businessman who was shot twice at
point-blank range while in his car in Miri on July 30. (Bernama)
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