BANTING: Police arrested two security guards for allegedly beating a local man to death during a fight near a grocery shop around Olak Lempit, near here, last week.
Kuala Langat District Police chief Supt Ahmad Ridhwan Mohd Nor @ Saleh said investigations found that the fight, which occurred on Jan 11, broke out when the victim, who worked as a lorry attendant, was suspected of distributing drugs in the area at about 10.45pm.
He said several people who saw it then assaulted the 24-year-old man with blunt objects before other members of the public who witnessed the beating reported the matter to the police. "On arrival at the scene, police found a bag containing 10 packets of syabu weighing 3.93 grammes with an estimated value of RM2,000 carried by the victim."However, on Monday , the hospital authorities said the victim died at about 2.15am due to strong blows to the head," he told a media conference here on Thursday .
Ahmad Ridhwan said following the incident, a team of police officers and personnel from the Criminal Investigation Department of the Kuala Langat District Police Headquarters tracked down the suspects and arrested a local man around the Banting area at about 2.15 am on Jan 13 and another local man in the same area on Monday .
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