Cops probe cops
Saturday, 28-01-2006
A Kuala Lumpur police team is under investigation by Selangor police following a botched raid in Puchong a fortnight ago.
The raid, carried out by a team from the city’s anti-vehicle theft division, went awry after their ‘target’ put up a fight, thinking that the plainclothes policemen who broke into his home were robbers.
The ‘target’ turned out to be a mechanic in his 20s who had just shifted into the terrace house in Puchong.
The mechanic tried to attack the police team with a glass shard, forcing a member of the five-man team to fire a warning shot.
After checking the mechanic’s identity, the police team realised that he was not the wanted person. They sent him to a clinic to stitch up a cut on his hand.
The mechanic was not about to let the police get off lightly.
He lodged a report at the Subang Jaya district police headquarters the following day, claiming that the police team had broken into his house and that valuables were missing after the incident.
Subang Jaya police chief Assistant Commissioner Mohd Fuad Talib confirmed the report and said the case is being investigated under the Firearms Act and for theft.
He declined further comment as investigations are under way.
The Malay Mail learnt that the previous day, city police had arrested four men suspected of being involved in a car theft syndicate.
One of them later led the police team to the house in Puchong about 5am the following day.
It is learnt that the team ordered the occupants of the house to open the door but when their calls went unheeded, the team forced their way in.
The mechanic, thinking that they were robbers, picked up a glass shard from the floor and tried to attack the policeman, resulting in one of them firing a warning shot.
When they had subdued the mechanic and checked his identity, they realised he was not the intended target.
Kuala Lumpur Criminal Investigations Department deputy chief Assistant Commissioner Ramli Din said he is aware of the report but declined to comment as investigations are being carried out by police from another State.—- Malay Mail
TK, Gong Xi Fa Cai to you. Thank you for illuminating us.
Comment by firehawk — Sunday, 29-01-2006 @ 10: 10.41
I will be surprise if any disci;inery action will be taken against these cops who were out of uniform and haphazard in IFF (identification friend or foe).
Comment by lee wee tak_ — Tuesday, 07-02-2006 @ 16: 07.40