The murder of former Kampung Jering DAP branch chairperson Wong Kong Ting, 56, in Ayer Tawar, near Ipoh, last week had nothing to do with politics or racial issues, said Perak police chief Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani.

Therefore, the police are now investigating the victim’s social connections and personal and family relationships.    

“The victim was an oil palm replanting contractor and we are also investigating if there was any business rivalry involved,” he told reporters after attending the monthly police gathering at the Perak police headquarters in Ipoh today.

Acryl Sani said a man had been remanded for a week to facilitate investigations into Wong’s death.

However, he said, the man was not the prime suspect in the case and was assisting police to get a clearer picture over the shooting incident as police were looking at the case from a different angle now.

On Feb 19, Wong was gunned down in front of his house in Kampung Jering, Ayer Tawar, at 11pm. He sustained gunshot wounds to the chest, abdomen and hand.

Police found several empty bullet casings at the scene of the incident and did not rule out the possibility that there was more than one suspect involved in the shooting.

Perak police have formed a special team headed by state Criminal Investigation Department chief Mohd Dzuraidi Ibrahim to investigate the real motive behind the killing.

- Bernama