KUALA LUMPUR: The daughter of a car workshop owner, who was found murdered, has recounted that she overheard her father arguing with someone two days before he went missing.
Loh Kwai Yee said her 69-year-old father, Loh Sin Kan, had a fight with someone over the phone on Dec 29 about payment for car tyres.
“Then on Dec 31, my father went off in a customer’s car and we could not contact him after that, ” she said.
It was reported on Friday that a man was found dead in the boot of his car, believed to have been strangled to death.
KUALA LUMPUR: The man who allegedly murdered a workshop owner over a payment for car tyres had tried to use a fake bank slip to pay for the tyres.
The 69-year-old victim s daughter, Loh Kwai Yee, said the man had originally used a fake bank slip to pay off the RM1,100 he owed her father for the purchased tyres before paying around RM500.
“My father has dealt with him before and around Christmas Eve, the man purchased the tyres while promising the rest of the payment later.
“On Dec 29, I overheard my father arguing with someone over the phone to pay for car tyres.
Missing workshop owner feared dead Pix for representational purpose only.
PETALING JAYA: A 70-year-old car workshop owner who went missing on the eve of the new year is feared dead.
This follows the recovery of a body from a boot of a parked car at Taman Wawasan, Puchong on Wednesday night.
After being alerted by the public, police investigators summoned the fire and rescue department to assist in the recovery of the body from the car at about 8.30pm.
The victim is believed to have been killed several days earlier.
The case is classified as murder but police are yet to confirm the identity of the victim until it is verified by a post-mortem.
Suspect held over murder of car workshop owner Pix for representational purpose only.
PETALING JAYA: A missing 70-year-old man whose body was found in a car boot at Taman Wawasan, Puchong last night was allegedly killed over a business dispute with a car workshop owner.
The 40-year-old suspect who is from Negri Sembilan had yesterday evening led police to the victim’s body.
He was earlier arrested by Negri Sembilan police on Saturday to assist in a probe following the disappearance of the victim.
The suspect was handed over to Petaling Jaya police yesterday.
Petaling Jaya police chief ACP Nik Ezanee Mohd Faisal said investigators believe a dispute between the victim and the suspect over the sale of tyres worth RM1,100 had led to the killing.