Man wanting to avoid lock-up gives cops false info

HULU LANGAT: A man who was taken to the Kajang police headquarters in violation of the movement control order (MCO) falsely claimed to be a participant of the recent tabligh programme at the Sri Petaling mosque, causing the police to call in a Health Ministry team.The suspect had tried to avoid police lock-up when he made the claim at the CID office at the Kajang headquarters.

Kajang OCPD Asst Comm Ahmad Dzaffir Mohd Yussof said a team on patrol in Balakong spotted the man loitering around a condominium at around 2am on Monday.