'I came to kill cops': Drunk, machete-wielding man arrested in Sabah police station


KOTA KINABALU: A drunk man who brandished a machete has been arrested after threatening to kill policemen at the Kuala Penyu station in the state's interior.

The 48-year-old local man entered the police station at around midnight Wednesday (March 16), reportedly reeking of alcohol and barely able to stand.

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