JOHOR BAHRU, March 20 -- Five foreign men have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the murder of a man in the Southkey commercial area here last week.

Johor police chief Datuk Ab Rahaman Arsad said that following the murder, investigators from the state's Serious Crimes Unit (D9) moved quickly to identify the suspects.

Investigators arrested one of the suspects at 12.15am yesterday as he was attempting to pass through the immigration checkpoint to enter Singapore, he said in a statement today.

"Following that arrest, the remaining four suspects were apprehended in Singapore at 6pm the same day with the assistance of the Singapore Police Force (SPF)."

The arrests are linked to the killing of a 32-year-old man, who was fatall...