SIBU: Police have detained nine people, aged between 16 and 42, to assist a probe into the murder of a 19-year-old who is believed to have been stabbed during a fight at a public park in Jalan Gambir here early today.
Sibu district police chief ACP Abang Zainal Abidin Abang Ahmad said all suspects were rounded up at several locations around Sibu between 10am and 4pm today following intelligence gathering and investigations by the Sibu police headquarters’ Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
He said police received a report at about 2am regarding a brawl where the complainant was assaulted by a group of people.
“During the incident, a young man was believed to have been stabbed with a sharp weapon and was confirmed dead by a medical team from Sibu Hospital,” he said in a statement.
Abang Zainal Abidin said the incident had also gone viral on social media.
He said the case is being investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder, which provides for the death penalty or imprisonment of between 30 and 40 years, and not less than 12 strokes of the cane, upon conviction.
Police have also urged members of the public with information on the incident to come forward to assist in the investigation.