Police to continue crackdown on organised crime despite Changlun murder: Deputy IGP
EMBUN MAJID
New Straits TimesAugust 20, 2017
SINTOK: Police will not be cowed by the cold-blooded murder of a Bukit Aman sub-inspector in Changlun this week, and vowed to step up its war against criminals.
Deputy Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Noor Rashid Ibrahim described the incident of Friday as one of the routine challenges faced by the police force in upholding the law.
He said police will carry on with its crackdown on organised criminal activities nationwide, despite the incident.
"We will not be deterred by the incident. We are committed to fighting all forms of criminal activity, even though our lives are at risk.
"If we are able to improve our strength, it will create fear among the criminals," he said.
Noor Rashid said the victim, sub-inspector Abu Hashim Ismail, 54, was gathering information on a Prevention of Crime Act (Poca) case when he was attacked at a house in Taman Hosba, Changlun on Friday evening.
He said Abu Hashim had gone to the house to seek information from a man who had been placed under house arrest by the Poca Board.
"The 35-year-old man was under detention at his own house, and police had placed an electronic monitoring device (EMD) on his ankle to trace his movements," he said.
Sub-inspector Abu Hashim Ismail, 54, was gathering information on a Prevention of Crime Act (Poca) case when he was attacked at a house in Taman Hosba in Changlun, Kedah. Abu Hashim had gone to the house to seek information from a man who had been placed under house arrest. Pix courtesy of NST reader
The man is now detained under a week-long remand order, which began yesterday, to assist in the murder investigation.
He added that police are still investigating the motive behind the fatal attack.
Noor Rashid said two other men, aged 30 and 36, who surrendered themselves to police on Saturday have also been remanded for a week, beginning today.
He added that police are expected to pick up several more individuals whom they believe could help shed light on the case.
Noor Rashid was speaking at a press conference after attending the marching out of Public Universities Volunteer Police Corps (Kor Suksis) at Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) today.
A total of 1,257 trainees from 20 public universities ended their training stint and were appointed officers of the 13th Kor Suksis.
Present were UUM vice-chancellor Prof Datuk Seri Dr Mohamed Mustafa Ishak and Kedah police chief Datuk Asri Yusof.
In the 10.25pm incident on Friday, a lone gunman fired six shots at close range, from outside the gates of the Changlun house, with four bullets hitting the victim and killing him on the spot.
During a press conference yesterday, Asri said the murder might be linked to a firearms smuggling case which Abu Hashim was working on.
He revealed that Abu Hashim was part of a team which had been working on the case for the past two weeks, and which brought about the the arrest of three men.
They are believed to be involved in gangsterism and firearms smuggling activities
