Penang police are reporting that an Irish national who was stationed by his Singapore-based company on the island was found dead under suspicious circumstances yesterday afternoon.
Brian Patrick O’Reilly was found by his Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah, Georgetown condominium management in one of the rooms of his rented abode at 5pm yesterday after having been previously unreachable.
Near his body was a scribbled note that read:
“I respected the Police & Still Do But Justice Sometimes has to be Gained. I Hate you Mafia Kiling Scamers, I Love My Girl.”
Police believe that the note, alleging that the victim had a part to play in a scamming syndicate, was written by O’Reilly’s killer. Local media has reported that the suspect was avenging the alleged swindling of a younger sibling of a significant sum of cash.
The victim had only been in Penang for two weeks prior to is death, having been transferred there by the Singapore-based company, First Lookout Marketing. A Google search of the company’s name does not turn up any immediate information, with neither address, nor webpage found.
Forensics report that the body was found with injuries to his head, which police believe were due to blows from a pot and a frying pan. He was also slashed across the neck, and stabbed in the stomach. Police also report signs of a struggle in the unit.
Further details have yet to be revealed, and police are investigating the case as murder.
