Man stabbed to death for making lewd remarks about 26-year-old woman in Malaysia

Police have arrested nine suspects related to the case,

A 35-year-old manager of a scrap metal dealer in Malaysia’s Melaka state was allegedly stabbed to death after making lewd remarks to a 26-year-old woman. south china morning post reported.

According to police, the victim, allegedly under the influence of alcohol, made sarcastic remarks about the woman’s breast size when she, along with her boyfriend and bodyguard, entered a food stall at Taman Kenanga in Tengkera at around 4 am on Tuesday. But went Enraged by the lewd remark, a heated argument soon broke out between him and the woman’s 27-year-old bodyguard.

The argument then turned into a brawl between the victim, her friends, the woman’s bodyguard and her lover.

”It was then that a fierce fistfight broke out between the bodyguards who were later joined by the woman’s 36-year-old boyfriend. The deceased was allegedly stabbed multiple times with a sharp object,” said Christopher Petit, the officer in charge of the Melaka Tengah police district.

On receiving a call from a member of the public at 4.15 am, a police team reached the spot and found the victim unconscious. He was taken to Malacca hospital for treatment but succumbed to his injuries.

The preliminary postmortem report revealed that the death was due to stab wounds. Police have since arrested nine suspects in connection with the case, which is currently being investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder. All nine suspects are aged between 25 and 38, Mr. Patit said.

Police have also recovered the knife and iron rod used in the assault.