Datuk S. Krishnasamy - Makkal Osai report

Johor MIC deputy chief Datuk S. Krishnasamy killed by hitman
Makkal Osai

JOHOR BARU: Tenggaroh state assemblyman Datuk S. Krishnasamy was shot dead point blank by a gunman in a lift at the state MIC headquarters in Jalan Segget here.

Murder in an elevator: A curious onlooker taking a peek inside the lift where Datuk S. Krishnasamy was shot dead yesterday.The State MIC deputy head was shot once below the left eyebrow, a mark of a professional hitman. The bullet went through to the back of his head.


Police are looking at all angles and have not ruled out political or business rivalry, or even money lending and gangsterism as motives
The brutal murder occurred at 2.30pm just as Krishnasamy arrived at the party headquarters for a committee meeting and had entered the lift.



The killer is said to have followed him in and shot him while they were in the lift. Eyewitnesses saw a man, dressed in a black shirt and jeans, running away from the building carrying a package and a helmet. He then rode off towards Jalan Wong Ah Fook on a red motorcycle.

Johor Police Chief Deputy Comm Datuk Hussin Ismail told a late night press conference that the suspect was in his 30s, medium-built, about 152cm tall and was an Indian.

Cops have thrown a dragnet around the state to prevent the killer from escaping as Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi expressed his outrage and demanded that the killer be caught quickly