Man allegedly fired his gun and hurt teens for ‘intrusion’

A big misunderstanding: Two policemen (right) who arrived on the scene surveying the situation where the two teens was attacked by an ex-policeman in Shah Alam.

SHAH ALAM: Police are investigating an ex-policeman Datuk for allegedly discharging a firearm and voluntarily causing hurt after he thought two boys were trespassing into his neighbour’s house.

A source said the two 16-year-old boys had driven to their friend’s house in Section 8, Shah Alam, on Friday evening, where they were supposed to have a group study for their coming SPM exams.

Upon learning that their friend was not at home, the boys walked into the house, as the gate had been left open, and decided to wait at for him the porch.

Little did they know that their friend’s mother was in the house and she thought that she was in danger.

The woman dialled her neighbour – an ex-policeman, who rushed to the house to “apprehend” the so-called intruders.

The Datuk reportedly pulled up in front of the house in his BMW and exited with his gun drawn, shouting, “intruders!”

The startled teens were too shocked to even explain themselves before the Datuk allegedly fired a shot into the air and ordered them to lie face down.

He then stepped on their heads and allegedly shouted expletives at them before calling the police.

The boys, who were taken to the Section 6 police station for questioning, were released after their friend showed up with his mother to clear the air.

Officers then took the boys to a clinic for treatment as one of them had suffered a bloodied nose after the attack by the Datuk.

Shah Alam OCPD Asst Comm Shafien Mamat was tight-lipped on details which led up to the arrest but said the officers who performed the arrest, the Datuk and the two boys had all lodged police reports to explain their sides of the story.

“We are investigating for trespassing, discharging a firearm outside of a gun range and voluntarily causing hurt.

“That is all we will say for now,” he told reporters here yesterday.

Shafien said he would clarify the matter in a press conference to be held at the Shah Alam district police headquarters today.