マレーシア・ニュース

CNYカウントダウンで外国人殺される

マラッカ　:　水曜の夜、チャイニーズニューイヤーのカウントダウンのイベントで外国人がけんかに巻き込まれ、２人が重傷、１人が死亡する事件が起きた。現場はタンジュン・クリンのホステルで710人の宿泊客がいた。大半は近くの縫製工場に勤めるワーカーだ。いくつかのグループに分かれてパーティーを開いていたが、午後１１時半〜１２時半ごろにかけて喧嘩が起きたとみられる。事件発生時、現場には多数のビールの空き缶が残されており、多くのパーティー参加者は泥酔状態だった。犠牲者は腹部をナイフのようなもので数箇所刺されていた。すぐに仲間たちによってマラッカの病院に運ばれたが間もなく死亡が確認された。警察は事件に関与したとみられる13人から事情聴取を行っている。

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[2月8日　19：20　MCS]

ニュース・ソース

Foreigner killed at CNY brawl

MALACCA: A 23-year-old foreigner was killed and two others were seriously injured after a misunderstanding at a Chinese New Year countdown party on Wednesday night.

The incident occurred at a workers' hostel at Tanjung Kling here. The hostel is home to 710 people who work at a nearby cloth making factory.

"Some of the foreigners were having a party in their block in anticipation of the Chinese New Year when a misunderstanding led to a fight among them between 11.30pm to 12.30am,” said state deputy CID chief Supt R.Gunarajan.

"We have reason to believe they were also drunk when the fight started because we found many beer cans and alcohol bottles in the rooms," he added.

He said during the brawl, which began on the first floor, the victim was stabbed multiple times in the abdomen by a sharp object.

"The victim may have tried to escape, and ran down the stairs, leaving a trail of blood, but succumbed to his injuries and collapsed at the ground floor of the block," he said.

A group of the victim's friends flagged down a taxi and took him and two other men who were injured during the brawl to the Malacca Hospital.

The stab victim was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.

Police have taken 13 people into custody for questioning and the case would be investigated under Section 302 for murder and Section 148 for rioting.

<7-2-2008　THE STAR>