Sepang police chief Wan Kamarul Azran Wan Yusof, in a statement today, said the three men were arrested in separate raids in Puchong, Selangor. All three worked at a car wash.

In the first raid at Kampung Sri Aman in Puchong, conducted at about 8pm yesterday, the police arrested two men, aged 23 and 41, and confiscated three mobile phones.

The third suspect, 52, was arrested at about 2.30am today in Taman Puchong Prima and the police also seized a pair of trousers with blood stains.

Prior to that, shortly after midnight, the police recovered a “parang” from a cowshed under the Putrajaya-Cyberjaya ring road bridge.

Wan Kamarul Azran said the motive for the murder was believed to be over a love triangle and that the case was being investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code.

The three suspects have been remanded for seven days until Feb 19 to assist in the murder investigation, he added.