Bangladeshi national arrested in Malaysia

Police arrested a Bangladeshi man, believed to be mentally unsound, after he showed aggressive behaviour while armed with a knife at Jalan Bukit Bintang in Malaysia yesterday.

Dang Wangi district police chief ACP Mohd Fahmi Visuvanathan Abdullah said the man had waved a knife at members of the public before fleeing to the Jalan Pudu pedestrian bridge near the Kuala Lumpur contingent police headquarters.

It was then that he realised the police presence, he added.

“The man, believed to be in his 30s, while trying to evade the police, climbed a billboard near a hotel in Jalan Bukit Bintang.

“Police then sought assistance from firefighters from the Hang Tuah fire and rescue station to persuade the man to come down.

“However, while being brought down, the man became aggressive again and attacked firefighters and police personnel by kicking them in the face and chest,” Fahmi said when contacted last night.

He said the man was detained at about 2.10pm and taken to the Tun HS Lee police station for investigation under Section 6 (1)(c) of the Immigration Act and Section 6 (1) of the Corrosive and Explosive Substances and Offensive Weapons Act 1958.

Agencies

 

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