MUKAH, Oct 24: A 41-year-old man who allegedly became enraged after believing he had been dismissed from his job was arrested for threatening to injure and kill a woman’s husband at a longhouse in Ulu Tiris 2, KM46, Jalan Selangau-Mukah, here, on Friday (Oct 23).
According to Mukah district police chief DSP Muhamad Rizal Alias, the suspect was believed to be intoxicated when he approached the 31-year-old woman at about 9am.
He said the suspect asked about the individual he claimed wanted to remove him from his job before threatening the woman’s husband and endangering the safety of her family.
“Initial investigations found that the suspect is related to the complainant’s husband, and both worked as contract grass cutters.
