Datuk held over Bill Kayong's murder (Updated)

14 Dec 2016 / 14:41 H.

MIRI: Police have arrested a businessman, who is a Datuk, for allegedly planning the murder of PKR Miri branch secretary Bill Kayong.
The 45-year-old suspect had been on the run for almost six months.
He was arrested by China's Public Security Ministry officers at Putian in Fujian province on Dec 12.
Sarawak police commissioner Datuk Mazlan Mansor said Malaysian police were subsequently informed of the arrest.
"A team led by Sarawak Criminal Investigation Department chief SAC Datuk Dev Kumar escorted the businessman back to Malaysia," Mazlan said in a statement yesterday.
Mazlan added the businessman will be produced in court here today and would be charged with Kayong's murder.
When contacted by theSun, Dev Kumar confirmed the arrest.
"Yes ,I can confirm the arrest. The CID team and I spent five days in China," he told theSun.
It is learnt the businessman, whose last address was at Tanjong Lobang, left for Singapore on June 23, two days after the victim was gunned down.
He then flew to Melbourne on July 3, and is believed to have been on the run since then.
Sarawak police had also sought the assistance of Interpol in the hunt for the businessman.

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