KUALA LUMPUR: The shooting of a sub-contractor on Friday followed a dispute over shoddy work allegedly carried out by the victim.

Police have remanded the 52-year-old businessman who fired the shot.

City police chief Comm Datuk Mustafa Abdullah said that in the 10am incident, sub-contractor Yew Chee Leong, 46, had gone to the office of the prominent businessman in Jalan Pudu with an elder brother and a friend.

The three men were responsible for laying tiles and carrying out renovation work at a housing project managed by the businessman.

Yew demanded payment from the businessman for the job that had been done but he refused to pay up.

According to sources, the businessman was to have paid RM2.4mil for the job and had so far paid RM2mil.

“The businessman claimed that he had received many complaints on the quality of work done by the men and told them they may have to redo some of the work,” Comm Mustafa said, adding that this angered Yew who kept insisting for the payment.

“This triggered an argument between the two, resulting in the businessman whipping out a pistol and shooting Yew,” said Comm Mustafa.

Helped by his brother, friend and staff members of the company, Yew was rushed to nearby Tung Shin Hospital. He was later transferred to Kuala Lumpur Hospital.