KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 - Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim condemned an attack on a policeman by a foreigner in Kepong yesterday afternoon.
The cop’s right hand was severed in the attack.
Anwar said all forms of crime and violence, especially against enforcers tasked with maintaining public order, are unacceptable.
“Firm action must be taken against any criminal act, regardless of who commits it, to uphold the rule of law and ensure the safety of enforcement personnel on duty.
“I pray that the officer makes a speedy recovery,” he said in a Facebook post yesterday.
Selangor police chief Dato’ Shazeli Kahar said the policeman is being treated at Kuala Lumpur Hospital and is stable.
He added that police received a report from a bystander at 4pm yesterday about a man behaving aggressively in Kepong, and Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) personnel and Health Ministry (MOH) staff were sent to the location.
The suspect attacked officers with two machetes, severing a 26-year-old lance corporal’s right hand and injuring him on the head and body. The victim was from the Gombak district police headquarters’ MPV unit.
“Several firefighters and MOH personnel also sustained minor injuries. The suspect then fled but was located at a nearby playground at 8pm,” he told a press conference at Selayang Hospital here last night.
Shazeli said the suspect’s attack prompted police to fire several shots, with the suspect pronounced dead en route to hospital.
The injured policeman was taken to Selayang Hospital before being transferred to Kuala Lumpur Hospital for surgery on his severed hand.
