KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 10 people including seven foreigners have been detained in connection with the suspected alcohol poisoning case in Selangor, says Comm Datuk Mazlan Mansor.
The Selangor police chief said police also seized 1,021 bottles of alcoholic beverages and 1,695 beer cans following 13 raids conducted so far.
"Those detained are three Nepalese, three Indian nationals, a Myanmar national and three Malaysians.
"We are investigating under Section 135(1)(D) of the Customs Act 1967," he said at a press conference here on Friday (Sept 21).
The suspects, aged between 19 and 48, have been remanded, he added.
"As of Friday, 22 people had died due to suspected alcohol poisoning in the state.
"Another 22 are still being treated at various hospitals while 14 have been discharged," he said.
The Health Ministry had received 69 notifications of suspected methanol poisoning from government health facilities from Sept 15 to noon Thursday (Sept 20).
Besides the five cases from Perak, Selangor has a total of 55 cases and Kuala Lumpur, nine.
Drinks that were suspected to be the cause of alcohol poisoning were the Grand Royal Whisky, Mandalay Whisky, Joker Whisky and Kingfisher and Volcano beers.
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