Man nabbed for setting fire to motorcycle that spreads to 52 vehicles


KUALA LUMPUR: Feeling vengeful for not getting help to buy drug equipment, a vegetable trolley pusher was arrested on suspicion of causing a fire to 48 motorcycles and four cars at the Intan Baiduri People's Housing Project (PPR) in Jinjang, here, last Friday (March 4).

Sentul district police chief, ACP Beh Eng Lai said the 31-year-old local man set fire to a victim's motorcycle cushion which spread to the entire parking area of the residential area.

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