Kulai district police chief Superintendent Tok Beng Yeow said the police received a report about the incident at 3.55pm and found the victim lying on the ground with several stab wounds in the abdomen area.

“Investigations showed that a man (the suspect) had run amok and stabbed the victim using a knife. The cause of the incident is still under investigation,” he said in a statement here today.

Tok said the police managed to detain a suspect, aged 35, and seized a knife believed to be used to stab the victim, at the five-foot-way near the area of the incident, around 20 minutes after the incident was reported

“The suspect has a criminal record with two previous cases. Police also seized the homestay’s close circuit camera recordings to facilitate investigations,” he said, adding that the suspect was believed to be have been under the influence of alcohol during the incident.

The man has been remanded for seven days.