Kuala Lumpur: Police have arrested five Indonesian men aged between 21 and 31 to assist in investigations into the fatal stabbing of their countryman in an oil palm plantation in New Paloh here yesterday. Kluang police chief ACP Bahrin Mohd Noh said all five suspects were nabbed around Paloh at about 1 am today.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, the incident came to light when the Kluang Police Headquarters received information at about 9.36 am on Saturday about a foreigner, in his 30s, who was brought to the Enche’ Besar Hajjah Khalsom Hospital and confirmed dead from a stab wound to the left chest. Acting on this information, a team from the Special Investigation Department (D9) of the Johor Police Headquarters, together with the Kluang Criminal Investigation Division and personnel from the Paloh Police Station, arrested five suspects from around the area.

ACP Bahrin Mohd Noh stated that investigations revealed the suspects had no prior records, and all tested negative in urine tests. The five suspects have been remanded for seven days starting today, and the case is being investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code.

Authorities urge anyone with information regarding the incident to contact the nearest police station or the Kluang Police Headquarters at 07-7766822.