Cops thwart suspected rapist's attempts to escape from hospital

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): A suspected rapist tried to flee while being treated at Selayang Hospital on Monday (May 17) but alert policemen on guard managed to stop him.

Gombak police chief ACP Arifai Tarawe, in a statement on Tuesday (May 18), said the 39-year-old suspect whose left hand was in handcuffs, jumped off his bed and rushed out of the hospital at about 1pm.

However, the two policemen managed to apprehend the suspect after about a 120m chase, he said, adding that one of the policemen was slightly injured during a scuffle with the suspect.

He said the suspect, who was in remand for a rape case in Sungai Buloh, was admitted to the hospital following a seizure last Sunday. – Bernama