Pulau Gaya drug addict slashes uncle after being told off


The man was hiding out in this house when police arrested him.

KOTA KINABALU: A drug addict slashed his uncle on the head with a parang after the latter told him off for acting aggressively towards their neighbours in a water village at Pulau Gaya, off the state capital.

The 45-year-old suspect, who is jobless, had earlier caused a scene by pelting their neighbours’ houses at Kampung Lok Kurai Selanggan with rocks and blocks of wood without any apparent reason at about 11am on Tuesday (Aug 9).

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