Thursday October 7, 2010
Facebook feud ends in stabbing
MUAR: An argument between two friends that started on Facebook ended up with one of them stabbing the other. The two men, aged 24 and 22, had met at a cybercafe in town sup-posedly to “settle” their problems, but they ended up quarrelling again. The younger man then took out a knife and stabbed the other man in the rib and hand at about 1.30pm on Tuesday.
Muar police chief Asst Comm Mohammed Nasir Ramli said prior to the stabbing, the two men had been calling each other names in the social media network. The injured man, Neo Boon Chi, was rushed to the Sultanah Fatimah Specialist Hospital in an ambulance shortly after the incident. His family refused to talk to reporters.
Neo is from Jalan Hashim here and works at a hardware shop while his attacker is a salesman. ACP Mohammed Nasir said Neo’s condition was reported to be stable and the attacker was arrested at 5.45pm the same day. “He has been remanded for four days to assist in investigations,” he said. He said the man would be investigated under Section 324 of the Penal Code for using a weapon to cause injury.
