'Long Tiger' caught in Kedah, another arrested for aiding the fugitive


JOHOR BARU: Police have arrested an ethnic Rohingya man, also known as "Long Tiger", almost two weeks after the fugitive escaped from Magistrate’s Court lock-up in Tangkak.

It is learnt that the 32-year-old suspect, Abdul Hamim Ab Hamid was arrested in a special operation carried out by the police on Tuesday (Dec 28) in Sungai Petani, Kedah.

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