Police arrest former civil servant for breaking into Government office


KOTA KINABALU: The police have nabbed an ex-civil servant hours after he broke into a Government office along Jalan UMS here and stole an iPhone 5.

City police chief Asst Comm M. Chandra said the 33-year-old suspect was arrested at a parking lot in Wisma Budaya at around 1pm on Wednesday (March 7), approximately four hours after he broke into the office.

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