KOTA BELUD: A man was killed by a fellow villager in a roadside fight in Kampung Gaur Podos here, yesterday.
Members of the public who had noticed the fight contacted the Kota Belud police headquarters operations room at 2.13am.
District police chief Superintendent Shahrudin Mat Husain, said an initial investigation at the scene found a 48-year-old local man lying unconscious.
"An examination found injuries on the victim's head. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene around 3.30am by a medical officer from Kota Belud Hospital," he said when contacted today.
Acting on information, at 9.55pm on the same day, police from the Criminal Investigation Division of the Kota Belud police headquarters arrested a 42-year-old local man.
"Investigation found that after the incident, the suspect fled and hid in a garden in Kampung Gaur.
"An operation was then conducted in the area to locate the suspect.
"The suspect was eventually apprehended at his family's home while obtaining food supplies," he said.
Elaborating further, Shahrudin said the victim and suspect lived in the same village, and the fight was believed to have resulted from a disagreement.
"The suspect was then taken to the Kota Belud police headquarters for further action. The case is being investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder," he said.