BUKIT MERTAJAM: Firemen took about 20 minutes to assist police to apprehend a mentally unstable foreign man who was acting aggressively and holding a sharp object in front of a restaurant on Jalan Kubang Semang.
According to John Sagun Francis, Penang Fire and Rescue Department's operations division assistant director, an emergency call was received at 4.46pm on Friday (Aug 15) and a fire engine from the Penanti station was dispatched to the scene.
"The Fire and Rescue Department received a call from the police requesting assistance to apprehend a Myanmar national suspected of being mentally unstable, who was naked and acting aggressively while holding a sharp object," he said in a statement on Friday.
"The operations team's action was to subdue the man by spraying him with water and he was then safely apprehended," he said.
He added that the man was handed over to the police for further action and the operation concluded at 5.40pm. – Bernama
