Police investigating toy gun boy in handcuffs incident


KOTA KINABALU: Lahad Datu police are investigating a cop for allegedly handcuffing a Pelahu child during an arrest of 15 people after a picture of the boy “holding up a driver with a toy pistol” went viral.

Lahad Datu OCPD Asst Comm Nasri Mansor said they were carrying out a disciplinary probe as well as a criminal investigation into the incident that he described as "against police procedure".

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