JOHOR BARU, MALAYSIA: A 36-year-old man has been remanded until Friday to facilitate investigations into the murder of former Tenggaroh state assemblyman Datuk S Krishnasamy.

The suspect, the son of a senior state MIC leader, was previously called in for questioning over the case. He was detained in Seri Alam on Friday while travelling in his car with a female companion.

Krishnasamy, the state MIC deputy chief, was killed with a single bullet under his left eyebrow in the state MIC building lift while on his way to a meeting on Jan 11.

State police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Mohd Mokhtar Mohd Shariff said police hoped the case would be solved soon.

It is learnt that Bukit Aman has taken over investigations and is probing all leads including the possibility of internal rivalry in the party.

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