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BUTTERWORTH: A wanted man with 16 cases in his criminal record was killed in a shootout with the police in the early hours of Sunday (Dec 31) morning in Bukit Mertajam, Penang.
Penang police chief Comm Datuk Khaw Kok Chin said that the 12.35am incident began when a police patrol came across a sport utility vehicle, and found that it was using a fake registration number and had been linked to two recent robberies in Butterworth.
