28 April 2013| last updated at 01:14AM
Man slashed over RM20 debt
DUNGUN: An od- job worker in Kampung Binjai here was slashed by four men over a RM20 debt.
The victim is in a coma and warded at Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital in Kuala Terengganu.
State Criminal Investigation Department chief Assistant Commissioner K. Manoharan said that in the 10am incident on Friday, the 40-year-old victim had stopped a car with four men in it and asked one of them to repay the RM20 he had borrowed.
The victim ended up quarrelling with the men and he rode off on his motorcycle but the men gave chase.
After about 500m, the suspects rammed their car into his motorcycle, throwing him off it.
"The four proceeded to slash him repeatedly with a parang and an axe, and fled the scene," he said.
The victim managed to get on his vehicle and returned home. He related the incident to his brother before collapsing.
Manoharan said the victim's brother lodged a report at the Dungun police station.
