KUALA LUMPUR — The suspect in Saturday’s fatal shooting of a Malaysian man in Sungai Golok, Narathiwat, has surrendered to Thai police, Kelantan police confirmed.
State police chief Datuk Mohd Yusoff Mamat said his department was informed unofficially that the 31-year-old suspect, a former import player for Kelantan FC, turned himself in to the Thai authorities on Sunday.
“We are still waiting for an official report from the Thai authorities regarding his arrest,” he told Bernama today.
Yusoff said the case falls under the jurisdiction of the Thai police, as the incident occurred in Thailand and the suspect is a Thai national.
“Initial investigations revealed that the suspect had previously played as a goalkeeper for Kelantan FC in 2019, after representing the Kelantan President’s Cup squad in 2014,” he added.
On Saturday, the victim, 33-year-old Mohd Fuad Fahmie Ghazali, was shot dead 18 times around 7pm at his home in Sungai Golok town, a border district in southern Thailand’s Narathiwat province.
Police have not yet disclosed the motive for the shooting. — November 3, 2025