Kota Kinabalu: Police have arrested a 29-year-old local man suspected of assaulting a 23-year-old man with a motorcycle helmet outside a premises at KK Taipan, Inanam, on Saturday.
Kota Kinabalu district police chief ACP Shahrudin Mat Husain said police received a report from the victim’s mother at 5.48pm on Sunday.
He said a team from the Sabah Police Contingent Criminal Investigation Department and Kota Kinabalu district police Criminal Investigation Division arrested the suspect in Kampung Melalin, Tuaran, at about 12.45am on Monday, while efforts to track other suspects were ongoing.
The case is being investigated under Sections 324 and 148 of the Penal Code, and police warned that legal action would be taken against anyone found involved in the incident.
Shahrudin urged the public not to speculate, spread unverified information or post provocative comments on social media that could affect the investigation, and called on anyone with information to contact the Kota Kinabalu district police headquarters or the nearest police station.
