Four men admit killing British medical students stabbed in Borneo

The attack happened in the Jalan Padunga area of Kuching in Sarawak province, Borneo.

14:18 07 August 2014

The four men who were arrested over the murder of two British medical students, Neil Dalton and Aidan Brunger, in Borneo have confessed to the crime, as confirmed by a police chief.

 

The victims were on the Malaysian part of the island on attachment to a hospital in Kuching. Based on the police report, they got into the argument with the men on the table next to them in the bar and after leaving on foot, the students were followed by car and attacked from behind. 

 

Deputy police commissioner Chai Khin Chung, who will be closing the investigation, said that they are now going to submit evidence for prosecution. 

 

"We have finished our investigation, the crime has been solved," he said.

 

"The suspects have been apprehended and they have admitted the crime. We have recovered the weapons from the crime.

 

“We are waiting for the corpses in the hospital mortuary to have the post-mortem carried out. We have all the major evidence in our hands which we will send to the prosecution."

 

"They [the victims] were having a drink and got into an argument with the next table. After a prolonged argument they left the bar on foot and were followed in a car. They came from behind and stabbed them", he said.

 

"The four people, who are local men, will be charged with murder. It's very unusual for Kuching, it's always very peaceful.

 

"It's very unfortunate and we were very surprised this kind of thing happened in our city."