The alleged mastermind behind the brutal murder of a man at a petrol station in Taman Pelangi, Johor Bahru late last year has been remanded seven days to facilitate investigations.

Johor Criminal Investigation Department head Kamaluddin Kassim said the remand order from July 6 until 12 was issued by JB High Court senior deputy registrar Hafizah Johor Arif Johor.

It is to enable the police to complete the investigations into the case under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder, he said when contacted by Bernama.

The 40-year-old suspect was detained by the Thai authorities in late May before being extradited to Malaysia and arrived in the country on Thursday afternoon, after escaping from the Johor police following the incident.

Four days prior,  two suspects involved in the case were charged in the Johor Bahru Sessions Court.

Both the accused, aged 54 and 58 years, were members of the organised crime group ‘Jin Jee Tong’ and were charged under Section 130V of the Penal Code under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012.

In the incident on Dec 17, last year, the victim, a 44-year-old man, died after being stabbed and mowed down by a white BMW car with four men in it.

The incident occurred when the victim and a foreign woman in her 20s, believed to be his wife, was using the air pump at the petrol station to inflate their car's tyres, when they were suddenly approached by the suspects who tried to drag the victim into their car, resulting in a struggle.

- Bernama