Cops: Policeman assisted in arrest of Bersih firecracker suspect


KUALA LUMPUR: A man accused of bearing a police identity card after he was caught for throwing firecrackers at Bersih protestors on Sunday was actually a policeman helping to detain the actual perpetrator.

"The policeman was identifying himself to the protesters by showing his police ID card," KL CID chief Senior Asst Comm Datuk Zainuddin Ahmad said when contacted.

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