Trio held for murder of shop owner

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Thursday December 23, 2010

Trio held for murder of shop owner

PETALING JAYA: Three men were arrested in connection with the murder of a wholesale mart owner who was gunned down outside his shop.

Aged between 38 and 49, they were arrested at different locations in Subang Jaya within 24 hours after Lim Wei Seng, 54, was shot dead.

Selangor police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Tun Hisan Tun Hamzah said the men, who had criminal records, had been remanded until Monday to assist in investigation.

He said police were still looking for several other people. However, they have yet to ascertain the motive of the murder.

Wong was about to leave after closing shop at Taman Pinggiran USJ here at 11.30pm on Tuesday when two men arrived in a motorcycle.

The pillion rider got off the machine and fired two shots at Wong’s head, killing him at once.

Wong was with his female business partner then. However, she was unharmed.

Family members, when met at the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre mortuary, declined to speak to the press.

 

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Dec 24, 2010

SHOT IN SELANGOR
Singaporean shot dead

By Melissa Pang & Amanda Tan

Mr Frankie Wong, 54, was shot twice by a man riding pillion on a motorbike. -- PHOTO COURTESY OF KAREN WONG

A SINGAPOREAN businessman was shot twice in the head by a man riding pillion on a motorcycle as he was leaving his shop in Malaysia late on Tuesday evening.

Mr Frankie Wong Wai Sen, 54, the owner of a fruit and vegetable wholesale business based in Selangor, was killed instantly.

Three suspects have been held, according to the family, who cited Malaysian police.

Chinese daily Lianhe Wanbao reported that the three are brothers.

Though the motive is not yet clear, it is understood that Mr Wong's belongings - a gold necklace and RM1,500 (S$630) in his wallet - were left intact.

This is the second reported shooting of a Singaporean in Malaysia this year. In May, a Singaporean man was shot several times outside a pub in Johor Baru, but survived.

Read the full story in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.