GEORGE TOWN, Sept 1 – A debt collector was shot dead at close range by an unidentified suspect in Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, Gelugor here on Monday. The incident was happen in the morning of 8.30am while the victim’s 31-year-old widower and a young one, believed to be heading to the house of an acquaintance.
Penang CID chief Datuk Zakaria Ahmad said the man was riding alone from Jelutong to Gelugor before being shot. He said the the initial investigations revealed that the victim was shot at close range by a suspect who did not know before falling on the road. He said the suspects are believed to be more than one, they were in a car and fled after the shooting.
Zakaria said the examination by the Forensic Medicine Department of the Penang Hospital Datuk Dr Zahari Noor found several gunshot wounds to the head and body. He said that further investigations were carried out to determine the exact cause of the incident and the case was being investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code.
He said the incident was only discovered a man Rapid Penang bus driver through the area and heard gunshots, then saw him through the mirror and found that the victim had fallen before calling the police. He added that the investigation police found a gunshot to the back of the bus. He also urged the public with information regarding the incident to contact any police station for investigation.
