Vegetable Farm Worker Killed In Group Fight

(Source) Bernama News, Malaysia

GUA MUSANG, March 29 (Bernama) -- A fight between two groups of vegetable farm workers comprising Myanmar and Indonesian nationals resulted in one Myanmar man getting killed and his body dumped in a ravine at a vegetable plot in Lojing yesterday, police said Monday.

The body of the 33-year-old man was found by an Orang Asli man, who was installing water pipes in the area, he said, adding that the Orang Asli informed his boss who lodged a report at the Lojing police kiosk at 4pm.

District deputy police chief DSP Aziz Hasan said policemen rushed to the area and recovered the bloodied body of the Myanmar man who was believed to have been murdered in the morning.

There were slash wounds on the head, face, body and thighs, caused by a sharp object, he said.

Aziz said the body had been sent to the Gua Musang Hospital.