Cop needs another op to remove third bullet

Keeping the peace: A Senoi Praaq member manning the border between Malaysia and Thailand in Bukit Kayu Hitam. — Bernama

GEORGE TOWN: General Operations Force (GOF) personnel Sjn Norihan Tari, who was critically injured during a shootout with a group of smugglers at the Malaysian-Thai border in Perlis on Tuesday, needs another surgery to remove the third bullet lodged near his lungs.

Penang police chief Comm Datuk Sahabudin Abd Manan said the 39-year-old Senoi Praaq member had successfully undergone an earlier surgery to remove two bullets from his stomach on Thursday.