Tampin district police chief Supt Hamazah Abdul Razak said the man’s brother reported that he was driving along Jalan Batu Satu, Tampin at 4.45am when he saw a crowd.

“He stopped and saw his younger brother, 27, lying on the road. He rushed his brother to Tampin Hospital where doctors said he had died,” he said in statement here today.

Earlier, at 2am, police received a report from a secondhand clothing shop owner that he caught a man stealing a pair of sports shoes by wearing them.

Police have arrested four men, aged 30 to 34, namely the shop owner, two shop assistants and the victim’s brother to help in investigations.

The case is being investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder.