Labuan: A restaurant operator was hacked to death by an employee on his 37th birthday in his restaurant at Jalan Singgahmata, Sunday. District Police Chief ACP Hamzah Ahmad said Kong Thau Chin succumbed to serious wounds on his neck, hands and arms."We received information at about 5.15pm and a team from the Criminal Investigation Department rushed to the scene.
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"We managed to detain a Filipino who was working as a cook at the restaurant about half an hour later," he said, Monday."His detention brought police to recover a machete hidden near a palm tree behind the restaurant, which is believed to be the weapon used in the attack," he added.
He said the incident was believed to have been caused by the employee's dissatisfaction over the amount of salary. "The body has been sent for post mortem at the Lahad Datu Hospital," he said.