Two policemen among four detained for robbing foreign workers


BUKIT MERTAJAM: Two policemen are among four suspects detained for impersonating as police officers to rob foreign workers at a workers quarters located at a construction site in Simpang Ampat, here last Saturday (Dec 2).

Penang police chief Datuk Khaw Kok Chin said the four suspects, aged between 24 and 37, were detained separately since 4.30pm around the Seberang Perai Tengah (SPT) district here after a police report was lodged about the incident.

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