KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 21, 2010): The murder of a millionaire building contractor whose body was found in Kepong last month has been solved with the arrest of seven men over the past two days.
In a case which shared similarities with the death of Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya, the body of Borhan Sulong was found on Aug 30 at Taman Ehsan Jaya, Desa Jaya, on the day he was supposed to meet several men to discuss a deal.
The family of 46-year-old victim, who was also the director of several constructions companies and the owner of at least two fish farms, had lodged a missing person report with police just a day before his body was recovered by police
A member of public alerted the police after spotting the body which was neatly wrapped in a large plastic bag and dumped in the area by his killers.
The victim was slashed and his left arm was almost severed after he was believed to have put up a struggle.
Although there were no identification papers on the victim's body, police managed to identify the man as the contractor two days later from his thumbprints.
Gombak police chief ACP Abdul Rahim Abdullah said the case was considered solved with the arrest of the seven men which included two Indonesians aged between 19 and 40 who were picked up from several areas in the Klang Valley over the past two days.
He said one of the suspects led police to an undergrowth located beside a plastic recycling warehouse where the alleged murder had taken place before the victim's body was dumped at the spot where it was found.
He said police also found two parangs at the scene which the suspects had allegedly used to slash the victim.
Abdul Rahim said investigators also learnt that the suspects, who have been remanded for seven days, were also involved in several robbery cases in the Klang Valley.
He said initial investigations showed that the victim was carrying a large amount of cash when he met the suspects to seek a favour.
It is believed that his killers had turned on him on seeing the cash.
The suspects were also said to have used the millionaire's Mercedes Benz to dump his body and sold the car to an unknown individual in another state.
Asked if the case had any links to Sosilawati's murder, Abdul Rahim said: "Our findings show both cases are separate and unrelated in any way."