Ride-hailing driver distracted by app rams MCO roadblock in Penang


GEORGE TOWN: Police officers manning the roadblock on the second day of the movement control order (MCO) escaped unhurt after an e-hailing car rammed into their checkpoint at Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway.

George Town OCPD Asst Comm Soffian Santong said seven policemen, including a police sergeant, were on duty in the 8.10am incident on Thursday (March 19) when the car driven by a 46-year-old man rammed the roadblock.

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