In heat of battle cop didn’t even notice he’d been shot


Fighting spirit: Abdul Rashid presenting a hamper to Mohd Syafik as he recovers in hospital from his gunshot wound at the Semporna Hospital. By the lance corporal’s bedside are also members of the General Operations Force.

SEMPORNA: In the heat of Thursday night’s gunbattle with notorious cross border kidnap group members, an elite police Tiger Platoon policeman did not even notice that he was hit.

“I did not realise that I was shot. It was only after the firing ended, I felt a sharp pain in my leg,” said the 30-year-old lance corporal Mohd Syafik Lagu Abdullah.

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