Cops nab man who threatened to kill police officer after being found violating MCO

PETALING JAYA: A man was arrested after threatening to kill a policeman on crime prevention patrol after he was spotted sitting at a table together with a group of other men at a restaurant in Taman Sri Manja here.

Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Nik Ezanee Mohd Faisal said the incident occurred at around 9.30pm on Wednesday (Feb 17).

“The police team was on their rounds when they spotted several men sitting together at a table at the restaurant, which is in violation of the movement control order.

“When police approached the table to advise them, the group fled except for one man, ” he said in a statement Thursday (Feb 18).

He said the 62-year-old man started behaving aggressively and threatened to murder one of the policemen.

“The man refused to cooperate and kicked one of the personnel who was in the process of detaining him.

“When he was taken to the Petaling Jaya police station, the suspect hurled foul language at the same policeman, ” he said adding that checks revealed the suspect did not have a prior criminal record.

He said the suspect has been remanded for three days to facilitate investigations for obstructing a public servant from dispensing their duties and criminal intimidation.

“We are also investigating the case for disorderly conduct in a police station

“We also issued the suspect an RM1,000 compound for violating the MCO by not observing physical distancing, ” he said.