Cops nab 57 mat rempit after six-hour hideout at oil palm estate

KULAI: After hiding at an oil palm plantation for six hours, a group of “mat rempit" finally gave in and surrendered themselves to the police here.

Kulai OCPD Supt Tok Beng Yeow said 57 men aged between 17 and 42 tried to escape being caught by hiding in the plantation area near KM7 of Jalan Kulai-Kota Tinggi during an operation on Friday (April 21).