SUBANG JAYA - A suspect’s admission that he killed the husband of a woman he was having an affair with has led to several arrests in Malaysia.

In a statement on Saturday, Subang Jaya district police chief Wan Azlan Wan Mamat said that the man confessed to murdering a 25-year-old Indian national on Thursday.

“The admission was made in Ampang Jaya and following that, a police team from the Ampang Jaya district questioned him. The suspect then showed where the victim was killed and where the body was buried,” said Assistant Commissioner Wan Azlan.

The 30-year-old male suspect and the victim’s wife, who are both from India, were arrested on the same day.

According to the suspect, the victim was murdered at an old folks’ home in Subang Jaya. A forensics team found plastic sheets that they believe were used to wrap the body.

The victim is believed to have been slashed in the throat with a knife, reported Chinese-language newspaper China Press. A plastic bag containing human remains was found buried on a hill slope behind the home.

The suspect reportedly admitted to the crime to his friend, who then alerted the police on Thursday.

“At around 2.30pm on Feb 3, three other women were arrested. The suspects are aged from 25 to 35 years old and are workers at the old folks’ home,” Mr Wan Azlan said, adding that the murder weapon has yet to be found.

Investigations showed that the suspect, the victim’s wife and the victim worked in the old folks’ home.

It is believed that the victim was killed in May 2022 when he had found out about the affair.

The body is undergoing autopsy to find out the cause of death, China Press reported.

According to Malaysian news site Sinchew, the suspect and the victim’s wife did not hold passports and were arrested for breaching immigration laws.

Mr Wan Azlan added that the case is being treated as murder. THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK