The two assassins behind the drive-by shooting of Datin Wong Siu Ling (pic) in Taman OUG two weeks ago were paid RM100,000 to kill her.
“They were paid RM50,000 each to do the job. We are now investigating if the duo were behind three other shooting cases,” a source said.
He said forensics investigations showed the gun used to kill Wong was believed to be used in shooting cases in Perak, Selangor and Kuala Lumpur.
Police had in separate raids in Kuala Lumpur and Perak on Tuesday arrested eight people, including two women. One of them is the wife of the mastermind.
Malay Mail Afternoon E-Paper yesterday reported Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Noor Rashid Ibrahim saying officers from Kuala Lumpur’s criminal investigation department and the Special Task Force on Organised Crime made the arrests.
“The gun believed to be the murder weapon was seized from one of the suspects caught in Perak. It has been sent to the Forensic Department for a ballistics test,” he told reporters at Bukit Aman.
He said all the suspects arrested were locals.
City police chief Datuk Amar Singh said a press conference would be held today.
“We have just made the arrest, give us some time to tie up the loose ends,” he said.
The suspects are being held at the Brickfields police headquarters lockup.
On July 6, Wong was gunned down in broad daylight as she was driving with her five children and her maid in the area.
Five shots were fired by two unidentified men at Wong’s Toyota Vellfire, killing her on the spot.
Her eight-year-old daughter, who was hit by a stray bullet, underwent two surgeries to remove it from her liver.
The other four children, aged between two and 13, and their maid were unhurt.
Police are investigating if the shooting was related to a Ponzi scheme in China after Wong’s husband, Datuk Wong Chun Kee, admitted to running such an operation there and had recently returned after making a profit.
Chun Kee had told Malay Mail he believed the attack was over an investment deal gone sour.
He said his wife had invested “millions” in a ceramic business eight months ago, but lost it all after the person she had dealt with “went missing”.
It was learnt he ran several businesses in Malaysia and China.
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