SHAH ALAM: Police have arrested an unemployed local man on suspicion of causing a fire at several terrace houses in the Kampung Johan Setia housing area, near Masjid Al-Hidayah in Klang, on Tuesday (Jan 13).
South Klang deputy OCPD Supt Kamalariffin Aman Shah said that the 44-year-old suspect was detained by police at the scene.
"The suspect has 15 criminal and 11 drug offences on his record. An application for remand will be made at the Klang Court today," he said in a statement on Wednesday (Jan 14).
"The Criminal Investigation Division (CID) of the South Klang district police headquarters (IPD) has opened an investigation paper, under Section 436 of the Penal Code, for the offence of mischief by fire with intent to destroy a house," he added.
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Earlier, Supt Kamalariffin said that the district police Control Centre received information from the public regarding a fire at a residential area in Kampung Johan Setia.
"A police team arrived at the scene and confirmed that the fire occurred at two separate locations, less than 500m apart, involving one house at the first location and five houses at the second," he said.
He confirmed that there were no casualties in the incident, adding that the extent of the damage and the cause of the fire are still under investigation.
Earlier, media reports said that five terrace houses in Batu 5, Kampung Johan Setia, near Masjid Al-Hidayah, Klang, were 95% destroyed in the fire.
Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant director (Operations) Ahmad Mukhlis Mukhtar said that the department received an emergency call at 2.37pm. – Bernama
