Melaka assault case now murder after 50-yr-old victim dies


MELAKA: Police here will reclassify the recent assault of a 50-year-old man here as murder after the victim passed away on Saturday (Nov 26).

"E. Murali Kuppusami, 50, who was in a coma for almost three weeks, succumbed to serious injuries at 5.57pm on Saturday," Melaka police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Zainol Samah (pic) said on Sunday (Nov 27).

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