GEORGE TOWN: More than 50 Kampung Buah Pala residents and supporters formed a human barricade to block a police van that carried three residents committee members from leaving the Jelutong police station.
The 10-minute stand-off began at about 12.15am on Saturday as chairman M. Sugumaran, secretary J. Steven and assistant secretary C. Thamaraj were about to be transferred to the Patani Road police station lock-up.
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