Indonesian man stabbed to death in Ipoh

An Indonesian man was stabbed to death after coming under attack by a group of men at a shopping mall here yesterday.

Ipoh police chief, ASP Sum Chang Keong said in the 5.30pm incident, the victim, Al-Amin, 31, a construction worker, was believed to have been attacked by 10 to 15 men, also Indonesians.

"Police on arrival at the scene at the first floor of the mall found his abdomen disemboweled," he told a press conference here today.

He said the body was sent to the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital here and that no arrests had been made yet.

In a separate case, Sum said police smashed a robbery gang going by the name of 'Geng Lima Pagi' which was active in the Tambun and Bercham areas with the arrest of six of its members at various locations in the city recently.

He said the leader of this gang was a 17-year-old and that police seized various stolen items from the gang, among them a Trinity tablet, A Lenovo power Nokia, Samsung Grand and IPhone smartphones and a black Honda EX5 motorcycle.