Female traffic officer killed after being run over by Mat Rempit


KLUANG: A female police traffic officer died after she was hit by a Mat Rempit during a roadblock at KM58 along Jalan Batu Pahat-Mersing here.

Johor police chief Senior Deputy Comm Rusli Ahmad said on Sunday that the incident happened at around 2.40am on Sunday when the officer, Insp Margaret Tagum Goen, aged 32, was manning the roadblock together with 20 other traffic officers and personnel.

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