Kuching cops remand six to investigate fatal shooting
KUCHING: Police have remanded six men, aged 21 to 45, on Sunday (April 27) to assist investigations into the fatal shooting of a man, 34, here on Saturday.
Three suspects were remanded for four days, while the other three were remanded for seven days at the Magistrate's Court here on Sunday.
Padawan district police chief Supt Mohd Irwan Hafiz Md Radzi had said that the victim was believed to have died by gunshot while in a car in Jalan Stephen Yong and that the case was being investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code.
Two men showed up at the Batu Kawa police station at 5.30am on Saturday informing the police that a friend of theirs had been shot and was in the car they were in, he added. - Bernama
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