KL teen arrested for attacking mother, older brother with machete

KUALA LUMPUR: A 19-year-old boy was arrested for allegedly attacking his mother and an older brother with a machete for stopping him from seeing his girlfriend.

Ampang Jaya district police chief ACP Mohd Azam Ismail said the teenager was arrested at about 7pm last Wednesday (Nov 15) and the police also confiscated a machete believed to have been used in the incident.

He said the attack took place at a house in Pandan Jaya, Ampang here, last Nov 1.

Checks by the police found that the suspect who was unemployed, had five records for crime, including drug-related offences. "His urine tested negative for a drug test,” he said in a statement here on Wednesday.

The teenager was remanded for four days until Sunday (Nov 19) for investigations under Sections 324 and 506 of the Penal Code for causing injury using weapons and criminal intimidation.

Meanwhile, Mohd Azam said the police also arrested five men, aged 24 to 26, at 10.05am the same day for allegedly breaking into a shophouse in Taman Ampang Mewah near here.

The suspects also beat up two Myanmar men at the shop and they are on remand until Nov 22 for investigation under Section 395 of the Penal Code. - Bernama