Parking tout asks RM5 from motorist who turns out to be a cop
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MALACCA: A parking tout, who had been illegally collecting payments from the public at council parking lots, had a rude awakening on Saturday night when he was arrested upon soliciting payment from a police officer.
The undercover cop had apparently entered the public parking lot in Jalan Kampung Hulu near Jonker Walk at 9pm on Saturday and parked his nondescript car into a vacant parking space.
The 17-year-old suspect then approached the policeman demanding payment of RM5.
The policeman then asked whether the parking was under the Malacca Historical City Council (MBMB), which the suspect replied: "MBMB collects the payment during the day. At night the collection is ours."
The police officer then coolly made payment and accepted a receipt before revealing his true identity and showed the suspect his police identification card.
The shocked suspect did not resist arrest and was taken to the police headquarters for questioning. He however returned a negative for a urine test conducted for drugs screening.
Melaka Tengah deputy police chief Supt Mohd Kamal Zainal confirmed the arrest was part of district police's operations on illegal parking operators.
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