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In bad shape: The youth being warded at emergency unit of the hospital and his torched motorcycle outside the girl’s house.
ALOR SETAR: A youth landed in hospital with multiple injuries after he allegedly trespassed into a house to meet a girl he recently befriended through WeChat.
The 21-year-old was bashed up by a male occupant who suspected that he was trying to steal from the house in Taman Angsana, Pokok Sena, about 20km from here.
The 32-year-old occupant also torched the youth’s motorcycle.
Kota Setar district police chief Asst Comm Mohd Rozi Jidin said the man was home alone when he saw the youth trying to open the door after entering the compound via an unlocked gate at about 11pm on Thursday.
The man, who has lodged a police report, shouted at the youth who ran off but he gave chase and managed to catch the suspect nearby and a struggle ensued.
ACP Mohd Rozi said the man bashed up the suspect and also torched his motorcycle that was parked in front of the house.
He said the suspect was subsequently brought to the Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital here for treatment.
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He said the hospital informed police that the youth, from Seberang Pumpong in Jalan Sultanah Sambungan here, did not suffer life-threatening injuries.
ACP Mohd Rozi said the case has been classified under Section 447 of the Penal Code for criminal trespass and Section 435 for mischief by fire.
The youth’s father claimed that his son, who is a water utility company general worker, had received a message from the girl he befriended to meet her at her house.
He believed that the man who bashed up his son is the girl’s brother.
“My son’s right arm was fractured in the incident and he also sustained injury to his neck,” the father said when met at the hospital.
After he was beaten up, the youth ran across to the next road of the housing estate and sought help from residents.
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