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<strong>ALOR SETAR</strong>: A man is being remanded for four days from today to help in the investigation into a threat issued against Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mukhriz Tun Dr Mahathir <em>(pix)</em> and the private secretary to the Sultan of Kedah, Datuk Syed Unan Mashri Syed Abdullah, said Kedah CID chief ACP Mohd Nashir Ya.
He said the 39-year-old man from Jalan Tambang Badak, Alor Setar, was held in Shah Alam, Selangor at 5.45pm yesterday.
The arrest came after more than 20 police reports were lodged against the man over the threat he had issued on his Facebook page.
Mohd Nashir said the man was brought to the Alor Setar Magistrate's Court at about 10am today to be remanded. – <em>Bernama</em>
<strong>BATU GAJAH</strong>: Seven men, including a father and his three sons, were each fined between RM450 and RM500 after they pleaded guilty of inappropriate behaviour by bad-mouthing and fighting in front of Pusing police station here last Friday.
Magistrate Solehah Noratikah Ismail fined S. Mathekumar, 22 and K. Ganasen, 44, RM500 in default six months jail for the offence, while five other accused -V. Vicneswaran, 28, and R. Shammugam, 65, with his three sons, S. Yogeswaran, 34, Zaid Shammugam, 29 and S. Loggarajan, 25 – were fined RM450 in default four months jail.
They committed the offence t 9.30 pm on July 11 and were charged under Section 90 of the Police Act 1967.
Earlier, deputy public prosecutor Liyana Zawani Mohd Radzi, who appeared for the prosecution, asked the court to impose a deterrent punishment to all of the accused.
She said Mathekumar and Ganesan had previous criminal record related to drugs and fighting. All of the accused were not represented. – <em>Bernama</em>
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<strong>KOTA KINABALU</strong>: A marine policeman who was abducted by a group of armed men while his colleague was shot dead at a resort in Pulau Mabul on Saturday night, is believed to be alive and held at an unknown location.
Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said Police Constable Zakia Aliep, 26, had contacted his wife, Sharifah Erna Berson last night to inform her that he was safe but in the custody of his captors.
"He contacted his wife yesterday to say he was OK and that he was with several people.
"Nevertheless, he did not state his location. We are waiting for further calls from the kidnappers to ascertain Zakia's location.
"Essentially, the police know the identities of several individuals involved in the ambush on Saturday night," he told reporters here today.
According to Khalid, the police have not yet received any request for ransom from Zakia's captors. Meanwhile, the police were in the midst of studying the Mabul Water Bungalows Resort's closed-circuit television camera recordings and would investigate further.
"We are sure there was involvement from individuals nearby, who had contacted the enemy to enable them to act that way," he said, urging the public not to speculate on the incident.
"Recently, we noted that criminals wanted to carry out another kidnapping, but could not do so because of the presence of security forces in the area," said Khalid.
The IGP did not dismiss the possibility that the criminals would kill and shoot at security forces "out of revenge" for failed kidnapping attempts.
The ambush by a group of eight men at 11.10pm last Saturday led to the death of Zakia's colleague, Corporal Ab Rajah Jamuan, 32. – <em>Bernama</em>
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