PETALING JAYA: A 28-year-old Malaysian was shot dead near a hotel in Hatyai, Thailand, early today.
Mohd Nizam Ahmad Basrah, 28, from Penang, was riding a motorcycle to the hotel when he was shot at about 3.30am, Star Online reported.
It quoted Hatyai Deputy Police Chief Col Khittichai Sankha-thavorn as saying Nizam was shot twice, in the chest and buttock, in Phadungpakdee Road.
Police are using footage from closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras to help in the investigations.
Nizam’s body was sent to the Hatyai Hospital for a post-mortem.