FISHERMEN'S QUARREL ENDS IN DEATH

Somewhere in SARIKEI, Malaysia, A quarrel between two Thai fishermen on board their vessel at Tanjung Manis last Tuesday night resulted in one of them dead.
Deputy district police chief Dominic Josip, when contacted for confirmation, said that the incident was reported to the police in Tanjung Manis by the vessel’s skipper around 8.30pm.

• According to the skipper, the two men were having a drink on board the vessel and for unknown reasons an argument broke out between them. The skipper who was busy cooking at that time heard the commotion, but thinking that it was just a minor scuffle, did not bother to check immediately.
• However, after he finished cooking, he went out to check only to be shocked to find one of the men seriously injured.
• On being notified by the skipper, the local police dispatched a team to investigate, Dominic said, adding that on arrival they saw one seriously injured.
• He said the suspect was arrested after crew members were interviewed.
• The victim, aged 31, sustained serious injuries on the mouth, believed to be inflicted with an ice pick, Dominic said.
• The police sent the injured man to the Sarikei Hospital the same night, but he was pronounced dead on arrival.
• The suspect, 38, had been remanded in police custody under Section 117 of the Criminal Procedure Code for five days since last Tuesday, he said, adding that the case had been classified as murder under Section 302 0f the Penal Code.

Source: Borneo Post