Home- Made Gun Goes Off, Killing Orang Asli Owner

BERA, July 1 (Bernama) -- An Orang Asli was killed when a home-made gun he placed inside the basket of the motorcycle he was riding, went off during a wild boar hunting at a rubber plantation in Kampung Bukit Rok here Wednesday.

Bera OCPD DSP Ahmad Zahid Mohd Noor said the victim, Chai Musa, 40, and two friends went to the area at 4.30pm and later dispersed to track the animal, with the victim riding his motorcycle along a hilly trail.

"The victim's motorcycle might have skidded due to the slippery trail because it was raining heavily at that time. That was when the gun went off," he said when contacted.

Ahmad Zahid said the victim's friends who heard the blast rushed to the spot thinking that Chai had shot an animal.

They were shocked to find Chai lying beside his motorcycle, bloodied and writhing in pain, with gunshot wounds on his chest.

He succumbed to the injury shortly after, he said.

Police went to the scene and seized the gun and several bullets belonged to the victim.