Patrick Wong robbery-murder solved

(The Malay Mail) – Police have arrested a suspect believed to be involved in the robbery-murder of 57-year-old property businessman Datuk Patrick Wong who died after succumbing to injuries sustained during a robbery at his home at Bukit Bandaraya in Bangsar here on Nov 17 last year.

At a Press conference yesterday at the Brickfields police headquarters, Kuala Lumpur police CID chief SAC II Datuk Ku Chin Wah said the suspect was nabbed in Johor Baru on May 3 for a robbery case in the State.

“We believe he may be involved in the Wong case and the motive was robbery,” Ku said, adding that police were still looking for the suspect’s two accomplices.

“The suspect has many previous criminal cases, and we re-arrested him in KL as he was under investigation in Johor Baru. We have remanded him until this Friday to assist in our investigations.”

It is learnt the 48-year-old suspect was involved in house break-ins and a drug-related case.

At 7pm on Nov 17, three men armed with machetes entered Wong’s three-storey house while he was in his computer room upstairs and his son was in the bathroom. His daughter and maid were in the kitchen downstairs.

One of the robbers stood guard below while the other two went upstairs and confronted Wong.

Police believe Wong may have jumped from a window from the second floor, while trying to escape the robbers.

The robbers then dragged the unconscious Wong back into the house before they fled with a relatively minimal amount of valuables, including a purse belonging to Wong’s daughter, a handphone, and cash of US$300 (about RM1,000).

Police have classified the case under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder.