Tapah murders: Missing businesswoman's son often saw suspect sending mom home

The son of a bus entrepreneur, who was one of four people murdered, allegedly by a mechanic and his family, had often seen the man sending his widowed mother home.

R. Durisinggam said his mother, Gunawaty, who owned several buses had always sent the vehicles to the mechanic's workshop for repairs.

"I saw the suspect sending my mother home many times...definitely, many times. My mother's house is next door to mine.

"My mother always sent her buses to the workshop for repairs but they still broke down. I think he (the mechanic) was cheating my mother," said the farmer when met by reporters at his house here Wednesday.

Durisinggam, in his 40s, said he found out about his mother's disappearance through a friend, while he was in Singapore visiting his wife and two children in February last year.

He said he returned to Tapah after being informed of Gunawaty's disappearance and lodged a report at the district police headquarters.

Durisinggam said prior to this, some people in the area had even accused him of killing his mother.

"Previously, I have seen some people quarreling with my mother. I suspect my mother was murdered," he said.

On Oct 26, the police detained a couple and their two sons in connection with the murders of at least four individuals in the Tapah district here.

The suspects were picked up at a house in Jalan Pahang, Tapah at 1.30pm, following a report on the disappearance of a 46-year-old man who worked as a farmer and broker in Kampung Sungai Lah, Chenderiang near here on Aug 25.

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