A dark, secret life revealed
IPOH: The 57-year-old man’s reign of terror was said to have begun some 30 years ago when he was a young gang leader in Tapah.
Due to his involvement in secret societies and crime, he was banished to another state. Years later, it seemed that he had turned over a new leaf.
He joined a bus company in Tapah, some 55km from here, and then set up a workshop beside his wooden house in Jalan Pahang, also in Tapah, to repair buses for the company he used to work for. The place is about a kilometre away from the Tapah toll plaza.
He lived a quiet life there with his 54-year-old wife and two sons, aged 20 and 17. But a darker side of his life has now emerged.
Police arrested the family of four on Oct 26 on suspicion of being involved in the brutal murders of at least four people whose bodies were burnt and the ashes dumped into a river behind their house.
Police said the murders were believed to have taken place between 2012 and this year.
According to a police source, one of the victims, a spare parts dealer, was murdered sometime last year.
“His older son used to help the man with the servicing of the vehicles, while the other son was jobless,” the source added.
“He is good at his job and no one thought he could commit murder,” the source said.
He said the accused had debts amounting to more than RM60,000 to the dealer. The dealer was not seen again after he came to the workshop to demand payment.
It is learnt the dealer’s family came looking for the man but were refused entry by the suspect. A pack of some 30 dogs kept the dealer’s family members out.
The dealer’s daughter said her father’s employer had called the family claiming to have received a text message from him.
The text message, written in Bahasa Malaysia, said the dealer “owed people money and he had gone overseas”.
However, the dealer’s family refused to believed the message and informed police.
Another victim, a 46-year-old land broker from Chenderiang, is believed to have been murdered after a failed land deal.
The broker and the accused had made some land deals together in the past.
It is learnt that the victim had failed to pay the suspect his commission. The workshop man had also wanted to buy a piece of land belonging to the victim.
“However, the broker refused to sell his land. These two factors angered the accused,” he added.
Another source said victims were “finished off” after they approached the man to get their money back.
“The family is known to be mysterious and always kept to themselves,” said the source.
Meanwhile, several people living nearby described the main suspect as a reserved man.
“He never mingled nor spoke much to us. He was very secretive.
“In recent years, I could never seem to find him. I was told he was up in Cameron Highlands whenever I went looking for him,” said a man who declined to be identified.
He claimed the man had another two daughters.
Another resident said he kept his distance from the main suspect as he had heard rumours that he was a gangster.
IPOH: The 57-year-old man’s reign of terror was said to have begun some 30 years ago when he was a young gang leader in Tapah.
Due to his involvement in secret societies and crime, he was banished to another state. Years later, it seemed that he had turned over a new leaf.
He joined a bus company in Tapah, some 55km from here, and then set up a workshop beside his wooden house in Jalan Pahang, also in Tapah, to repair buses for the company he used to work for. The place is about a kilometre away from the Tapah toll plaza.
He lived a quiet life there with his 54-year-old wife and two sons, aged 20 and 17. But a darker side of his life has now emerged.
Police arrested the family of four on Oct 26 on suspicion of being involved in the brutal murders of at least four people whose bodies were burnt and the ashes dumped into a river behind their house.
Police said the murders were believed to have taken place between 2012 and this year.
According to a police source, one of the victims, a spare parts dealer, was murdered sometime last year.
“His older son used to help the man with the servicing of the vehicles, while the other son was jobless,” the source added.
“He is good at his job and no one thought he could commit murder,” the source said.
He said the accused had debts amounting to more than RM60,000 to the dealer. The dealer was not seen again after he came to the workshop to demand payment.
It is learnt the dealer’s family came looking for the man but were refused entry by the suspect. A pack of some 30 dogs kept the dealer’s family members out.
The dealer’s daughter said her father’s employer had called the family claiming to have received a text message from him.
The text message, written in Bahasa Malaysia, said the dealer “owed people money and he had gone overseas”.
However, the dealer’s family refused to believed the message and informed police.
Another victim, a 46-year-old land broker from Chenderiang, is believed to have been murdered after a failed land deal.
The broker and the accused had made some land deals together in the past.
It is learnt that the victim had failed to pay the suspect his commission. The workshop man had also wanted to buy a piece of land belonging to the victim.
“However, the broker refused to sell his land. These two factors angered the accused,” he added.
Another source said victims were “finished off” after they approached the man to get their money back.
“The family is known to be mysterious and always kept to themselves,” said the source.
Meanwhile, several people living nearby described the main suspect as a reserved man.
“He never mingled nor spoke much to us. He was very secretive.
“In recent years, I could never seem to find him. I was told he was up in Cameron Highlands whenever I went looking for him,” said a man who declined to be identified.
He claimed the man had another two daughters.
Another resident said he kept his distance from the main suspect as he had heard rumours that he was a gangster.
In Tapah: The FAMILY that kills together, stays together. In jail, we hope.
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4 November 2015
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Video: Luahan abang individu dipercayai menjadi mangsa pembunuhan kejam di Tapahhttp://hmtro.com/1SnJ5Bv
Tapah: “Perbuatan yang dilakukan suspek sekeluarga jika terbukti benar adalah setaraf dengan binatang,” luahan Ng Che Meng@Kurunadan, 47, abang kepada seorang daripada individu yang dipercayai menjadi mangsa pembunuhan kejam di bengkel kenderaan di Jalan Pahang, berhampiran Plaza Tol Tapah.
Menurutnya, adiknya Ng Ah Leng@Mohan, 42, adalah pekerja kepada suspek utama dan hilang sejak 2012 yang lalu.
Kurunadan berkata, dia sekeluarga tidak menyangka kehilangan adiknya itu sejak tiga tahun lalu adalah berpunca dari dia dibunuh oleh majikannya sendiri.
TAPAH 04 November 2015. Anggota Forensik menjalankan siasatan di kawasan bengkel kenderaan yang menjadi lokasi pembunuhan kejam berdekatan tol Tapah di Jalan Pahang di sini. NSTP/L.Manimaran
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It is also believed some of the victims could have been caged and chopped into pieces before being burned and fed to a pack of some 30 dogs reared by the family.
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Tapah murders: Suspects lead police to victims’ remainshttp://english.astroawani.com/malaysia-news/tapah-murders-suspects-lead-police-victims-remains-79455 …
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Gigi, serpihan tulang ditemui: Tapah – Polis menemui gigi, serpihan tulang, kasut dan pakaian dipercaya… http://bit.ly/1NrnMPe #Jdt01
Tapah – Polis menemui gigi, serpihan tulang, kasut dan pakaian dipercayai milik mangsa bunuh di sekitar kawasan rumah suspek di Jalan Pahang, di sini hari ini.
Ketua Jabatan Siasatan dan Jenayah Negeri ACP Goh Kok Liang berkata kesemua barangan tersebut dihantar ke Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun dan Jabatan Kimia untuk tujuan post-mortem dan analisis DNA, katanya kepada pemberita di sini hari ini.
Tinjauan Bernama mendapati polis membawa keluar barangan yang ditemui pada kira-kira 5.30 petang dari kawasan rumah suspek.
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Tapah murders: Police look for clues underground http://fw.to/OLsd86S
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Murder most foul: The main suspect being led out of the Tapah magistrate’s court…
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Star
Wednesday November 4, 2015 MYT 7:10:32 AM
Girl brought to scene of crime
TAPAH: A young girl was brought to the scene of the workshop where a family of four were arrested for a string of gruesome murders.
The girl, accompanied by police officers, came to the scene at about 3pm yesterday as policemen and a forensic team were combing the area for more evidence.
State deputy crime chief Asst Comm Fadzil Ahmat said the girl was merely a witness.
He denied that the police had arrested more people, including the two daughters of the main suspect.
“The number of those arrested remains at four. It is also untrue that the suspect’s daughter tipped off police,” he added.
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Star
Wednesday November 4, 2015 MYT 7:09:55 AM
Family unable to accept possible fate of land broker
TAPAH: Relatives of a missing land broker, believed to be one of four murder victims of a family of four, are finding it hard to accept that he could be dead.
Sukhvinderjit Singh, 19, said his family had not received any confirmation from the police that his uncle Jasbeer Singh was among the four victims whose remains were found on the grounds of a secluded workshop in Jalan Pahang, near the North-South Expressway exit here.
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Jasbeer’s disappearance on Aug 28 led police to the wooden house, where it is believed the victims were beaten to death, their remains burnt and ashes scattered in a nearby river.
It is also believed some of the victims could have been caged and chopped into pieces before being burned and fed to a pack of some 30 dogs reared by the family.
“We sort of put bits of information together that it could be my uncle although we hope it isn’t him.
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Lokasi Pembunuhan Kejam Di Tapah Jadi Perhatian Ramai http://pakdin.my/lokasi-pembunuhan-kejam-di-tapah-jadi-perhatian-ramai/ …
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Tuesday November 3, 2015 MYT 9:45:56 PM
Scene of Tapah murders attracts curious onlookers
TAPAH: Police here carried out the second stage of their investigation into the murders of four people reported missing.
At 3pm Tuesday, the police’s forensics team arrived to comb the home cum workshop on Jalan Pahang for further evidence into the murders, which have gripped the small town near Cameron Highlands.
The presence of the police brought droves of curious onlookers who lingered at the scene until dusk.
The group got especially excited when police led a young girl believed to be one of the daughters of the main suspect to the crime scene.
State Deputy Crime chief Asst Comm Fadzil Ahmat said the girl was merely a witness.
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TAPAH 3 October 2015. Pasukan Polis dan Forensik menjalankan siasatan berkaitan kes bunuh oleh satu keluarga di sebuah bengkel berdekatan tol Tapah di Jalan Pahang di sini. NSTP/Supian Ahmad
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Police comb Tapah’s ‘house of horrors’ for more clues
By Sylvia Looi
3 November 2015 @ 7:43 PM
3 November 2015 @ 7:43 PM
Police comb #Tapah‘s ‘house of horrors’ for more clues #nst170 Read More :http://www.nst.com.my/news/2015/11/police-comb-tapahs-house-horrors-more-clues …
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TAPAH: Police’s forensic unit today returned to the crime scene at the town’s ‘little house of horror’ where four people were killed, to comb for more evidence.
TAPAH: Police’s forensic unit today returned to the crime scene at the town’s ‘little house of horror’ where four people were killed, to comb for more evidence.
The team arrived at the scene at Jalan Pahang at about 5.30pm.
Also in tow was a teenage girl, believed to be the daughter of the main suspect.
The policemen, with the girl’s assistance, conducted a search around the housing compound’s storage area and the stream behind the house.
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Berita Harian
Anggota polis menyiasat di kawasan suspek kes pembunuhan kejam 4 mangsa di Jalan Pahang berhampiran Plaza Tol Tapah.
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malaymail: TAPAH SLAUGHTER: Foul smell from mechanic’s shop raised suspicionshttps://www.facebook.com/themalaymailnewspaper/photos/a.10150135753558088.306640.363825163087/10153696819153088/?type=3&theater …
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Foul smell from mechanic’s shop raised suspicions
By Farahin Mh Noor
farahin@mmail.com.my
TAPAH — A scrapyard operator said an awful smell had come from the mechanic shop-cum-house occupied by the mechanic and his family last year but that his neighbour had said it was from tyres being burnt.
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TAPAH — A scrapyard operator said an awful smell had come from the mechanic shop-cum-house occupied by the mechanic and his family last year but that his neighbour had said it was from tyres being burnt.
The man in his 50s said he was suspicious about the explanation but did not take the matter any further.
“He told me he was burning tyres but I suspected something amiss but dropped the matter,” he said.
The businessman, who has been living there for 10 years, said he knew very little about the mechanic and his family although their paths occasionally crossed.
“Just like other villagers, we seldom talked to each other, but whenever we met, we chatted,” he said.
The mechanic’s landlord, who only wanted to be known as Lan, said he had been renting the house to the mechanic since 2002.
He said the man was generally unsociable and did not talk to neighbours.
He said the man was generally unsociable and did not talk to neighbours.
“I would only pay him a visit to collect the monthly rental which he would not pay sometimes. I would usually let him pay later as he complained he was always short of money,” he said.
Lan said a large pack of dogs always guarded the house, which he found peculiar.
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TAPAH SLAUGHTER: Mechanic and family at centre of cold-blooded murdershttps://www.facebook.com/themalaymailnewspaper/photos/a.10150135753558088.306640.363825163087/10153696817438088/?type=3&theater …
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AsiaOne
Murderous family of four nabbed in Tapah http://ebx.sh/1Wvqgg0
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A family of 4 have been arrested over a series of murders of people they had bad blood with. http://ebx.sh/1SkNZ1Y
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ANAK keempat soerang darpada individu yang dipercayai mangsa dalam pembunuhan ngeri di sebuah bengkel di Tapah, Perak melihat surat laporan polis ketika ditemui di Klang. FOTO Muhammad Sulaiman
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Klang: “Sebelum hilang Jun tahun lalu, bapa saya ada memaklumkan kepada kami sekeluarga bahawa beliau sudah penat bekerja dan tugasan luar kawasan yang dilakukan itu adalah yang terakhir,” kata anak kepada juru jual alat ganti kenderaan yang juga seorang daripada mangsa kes bunuh dan bakar di Tapah, Perak.
Beliau yang enggan dikenali berkata, kehilangan bapanya itu hanya disedari selepas majikan bapanya gagal menghubungi telefon bimbit mangsa.
Katanya, disebabkan khuatir dengan keselamatan bapanya, mereka sekeluarga membuat laporan polis untuk memaklumkan kehilangan dan tindakan selanjutnya dari pihak berkuasa.
Menurutnya, kira-kira sebulan selepas kehilangan itu, polis menemui kereta bapanya di dalam gaung sedalam 20 meter di Cameron Highland, Pahang.
“Apa yang membingungkan, walaupun kereta ditemui, namun mayat bapa tidak dapat dikesan di dalam kenderaan mahu pun di sekitar lokasi kejadian,” katanya ketika ditemui.
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Tapah’s ‘house of horror’: Debt, theft appear to be motive behind murders of four #nst170http://www.nst.com.my/news/2015/11/tapahs-house-horror-debt-theft-appear-be-motive-behind-murders-four …
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Star
Monday November 2, 2015 MYT 9:43:23 PM
Four murders, bodies burnt and dumped in river
The house cum workshop where the murders took place in Tapah
IPOH: Four people were murdered, their bodies burnt and their ashes and bones thrown into a river at a workshop in Tapah near here.
The murders started with a 57-year-old man who was reported missing on Oct 30, 2012. After that, a tour bus operator, 56, went missing on March 1, 2014 followed by a vehicle spare parts dealer, 54, also last year.
The latest in the murders was a 46-year-old land broker, who was reported missing by his son on Aug 25 after he left the house in Kampung Sungai Lah, Chenderiang in the morning and never returned.
Perak deputy police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Hasnan Hassan said the victims were murdered and their bodies burnt at the workshop in Tapah. Their ashes and bones were later thrown into a river to conceal the murders.
Police now believe that they have solved the murders in connection with the missing persons reports on the four.
On Oct 26, they nabbed a family comprising a 57-year-old mechanic, his wife, 54, and their two children aged 17 and 20, at their house in Tapah, some 55km from here.
DCP Hasnan said the murders were believed to have taken place between 2012 and this year.
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NST
Tapah family of four arrested over gruesome murders of at least six people
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TAPAH: A family of four have been arrested for their suspected involvement in the gruesome killing of at least six people in Perak.
One of the victims is believed to have been a land broker, who was reported missing in August.
Sources told the New Straits Times that the mastermind was believed to be the family patriarch, a father of four.
The man, who works as a workshop owner, was picked up together with his family members, including a woman, at the family’s rented home in Jalan Pahang on Oct 26.
The source said they believed a majority of the murders took place in the family home, located around 50m from the main road.
“Some of the victims were killed before their remains were burnt and their bones discarded at a river behind their house,” said the source.
Another victim was found buried in an oil palm estate. It is learnt that police had identified four victims so far.
Read More : http://www.nst.com.my/news/2015/11/tapah-family-four-arrested-over-gruesome-murders-least-six-people
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Isnin, 2 November 2015 @ 1:23 PM
Polis tahan 4 sekeluarga disyaki bunuh, bakar mangsa di Tapah
Oleh Shaarani Ismail dan Safeek Affendy Razali bhnews@bharian.com.my
KUALA LUMPUR: Polis menahan empat sekeluarga dipercayai terbabit dalam sekurang-kurangnya empat kes pembunuhan kejam mirip kes bunuh jutawan kosmetik Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya dan tiga pembantunya, di Tapah, Perak, minggu lalu.
DUA daripada empat suspek yang dipercayai terlibat dalam satu kes pembunuhan di Jalan Pahang-Tapah dibawa keluar dari Mahkamah Majistret Tapah menaiki kenderaan Polis untuk perintah tahanan reman. – Foto Supian Ahmad
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Perak Today
Bongkar Misteri Orang Hilang Di Tapah
IPOH: Polis Perak telah berjaya merungkai misteri kes orang hilang sejak 2012 di Tapah dengan penangkapan empat orang suspek pada 26 Oktober yang lalu.
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Katanya lagi, hasil siasatan yang dijalankan, suspek yang berusia 57 tahun (bapa) dan 20 tahun (anak) telah terlibat dalam kes kehilangan mangsa hilang berkenaan.
“Maklumat telah mendedahkan mangsa telah dibunuh dan dibakar di kawasan bengkel milik suspek, manakala abu dan sisa pembakaran telah dibuang ke dalam sungai berhampiran.
“Motorsikal mangsa pula telah ditinggalkan di tepi jalan menghala ke Cameron Highland,” katanya lagi.
Tegasnya, siasatan lanjut terhadap suspek-suspek berkenaan turut mendedahkan tiga lagi mangsa yang dilaporkan hilang di kawasan Tapah juga dipercayai telah dibunuh dan dibakar dengan modus operandi yang sama.
“Mangsa-mangsa berkenaan terdiri daripada seorang lelaki berumur 36 tahun ( pekerja bengkel suspek) yang hilang pada 30 Oktober 2012; seorang wanita berusia 56 tahun (pengusaha bas persiaran) serta seorang lelaki berumur 54 tahun (jurujual alat ganti kenderaan) yang masing-masing dilaporkan hilang pada 1 Mac dan 15 Jun 2014.
“Siasatan awal polis mendapati motif pembunuhan adalah disebabkan oleh masalah hutang, urus niaga penjualan tanah yang gagal dan pekerja yang mencuri barangan majikan,” tambahnya.
Hasnan berkata lagi, pihak forensik PDRM dan Jabatan Forensik Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun (HRPB) telah menjalankan siasatan di tempat kejadian selama dua hari bermula 30 hingga 31 Oktober yang lalu.
“Siasatan telah dijalankan di beberapa tempat di sekitar kawasan Tapah.
“Beberapa sampel tulang telah ditemui dan telah dihantar ke HRPB untuk bedah siasat dan seterusnya proses mengenalpasti DNA sedang diusahakan oleh pihak berkenaan,” tegasnya.
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