Thursday April 18
GEORGE TOWN: Just 17 hours after allegedly stabbing an apartment management board chairman to death, the 60-year-old suspect himself died in hospital while under police custody.
It is learnt that the suspect, said to be an apartment resident with a grudge against the victim over maintenance fees, died at a normal ward of the Penang Hospital at about 1.50am yesterday.
Hospital senior consultant forensic pathologist Datuk Dr Bhupinder Singh said the suspect died due to severe heart disease.
“We are still checking if he overdosed on drugs,” he said.
The suspect's family members refused to talk to reporters when met at the hospital mortuary.
It was reported that the suspect allegedly stabbed Liew Kum Thong, 33, at the garbage disposal area of the Taman Sri Idaman apartment in Bandar Baru Air Itam at around 8.30am on Tuesday.
Investigations showed that the suspect waited for Liew with a 10-inch knife hidden in a sling bag.
Liew tried to escape after the attack but collapsed and died 50m away.
When met at the wake held at the apartment's ground floor, Liew's wife, who only wanted to be known as Fong, said it was hard to describe her emotion upon learning of the suspect's death.
“I'm puzzled why he (the suspect) did that to my husband,” said the 32-year-old housewife.
Asked if the two men had had a quarrel about maintenance fees, Fong said she had no idea but she had heard Liew complaining about the suspect parking his motorcycle indiscriminately and obstructing the way.
George Town deputy OCPD Supt Ismail Toh Paduka Idris said the suspect was warded after he was arrested at the hospital where he had gone to seek treatment for an asthma attack after the incident.
“We have ruled out foul play in the suspect's death. But investigations on the murder will continue,” he said.
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