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By DayakDaily Team

SIBU, May 9: A lorry driver has died after allegedly being struck with a wooden object during a workplace altercation involving colleagues at a transport company in Sungai Merah on Wednesday (May ^).

In a TVS news, Sibu District Police chief ACP Azari Miskon said following the 53-year-old victim’s death, police have reclassified the case from Section 326 of the Penal Code to Section 302 for murder.

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He said the incident occurred around 9am at a premises in Lorong Ding Lik Kong 12, Sungai Merah.

“Preliminary investigations found that the altercation is believed to have stemmed from a dispute over lorry parking arrangements.

“The suspect is believed to have used a wooden object to strike the victim on the head, causing him to collapse unconscious,” he said in a statement today.

The victim was rushed to Sibu Hospital for treatment but was pronounced dead at 2pm on May 8.

Azari said a 47-year-old male suspect, also a lorry driver, has been remanded for six days until May 14 to assist investigations.

He added that a urine screening on the suspect returned negative for drugs.

A post-mortem examination is scheduled to be carried out at Sibu Hospital on May 10. — DayakDaily