Singapore-based engineer killed in JB in alleged love dispute
Malaysian police say they have discovered the body of a 31-year-old oil and gas engineer believed to be the victim of a love dispute.
Tan Chuen Take, who had gone missing on June 26, was last seen on CCTV leaving his house at around 5pm, Malaysian newspaper, The Star, reported.
The Singapore-based engineer is believed to have been murdered in Johor Baru after allegedly trying to steal another man’s girlfriend.
According to police, the victim’s body was discovered at around 6 pm, following the arrest of a 22-year-old woman and a 32-year-old man in Kulai on Friday (July 1) at 3 am.
Johor Police chief Wan Ahmad Najmuddin Mohd says Tan’s body was buried in a forest near Kulai, beside the northbound lanes of the Second Link expressway.
“The couple abducted the victim without asking for a ransom from his family, and we believe that the motive for the abduction and murder was jealousy and revenge,” said Wan Ahmad on Saturday (2 July).
Investigations are still ongoing to determine if the woman played a part in the murder and cover up of Tan’s death.
Tan, who was from Penang, started working in Singapore two years ago.
His employer filed a police report when Tan could not be contacted or located. At the time the report was made, Tan had not come in for work and did not apply for leave.
Tan’s older sister, 36-year-old Tan Siu Mei, said that the family sensed that something was amiss when her brother failed to reply to any of the family’s calls or WhatsApp messages on 25 June, a day before he went missing.
Tan’s father, Tan Yong Chun also said that his son was filial and never failed to call him each day. However, when Tan stopped calling, he assumed that his son was just busy with work.
