KUANTAN: An Indonesian logging worker who set a Proton Waja police patrol car ablaze when running amok in Kampung Selengkong Nenasi, Pekan, on Saturday (April 23) has been apprehended by the police.
Pekan OCPD Supt Mohd Zaidi Mat Zin said the man, in his 30s, was arrested by a Pekan police team near the incident location at 4.20pm Sunday (April 24).
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He said police also seized a hammer and a piece of wood from the suspect.
"The suspect will be brought to the Magistrate's Court on Monday (April 25) for a remand application and the case is being investigated under Section 436 of the Penal Code,” he said.
Supt Zaidi was earlier reported as saying that the patrol car was set on fire by the man at 11pm Saturday.
In the incident, police received a call from a logging site caretaker that a man was running amok in the workers’ quarters before three policemen rushed to the location.
The man had acted aggressively against the policemen by hitting and injuring two of them before entering the quarters to take a flaming object and throwing it at the police vehicle.
Meanwhile, Pahang Fire and Rescue Department assistant operations director Ismail Abdul Ghani said the vehicle was found completely destroyed. - Bernama
