Five more picked up over commotion at wedding ceremony in Gombak
FAISAL ASYRAF
New Straits TimesJuly 4, 2017
KUALA LUMPUR: Police have arrested six individuals suspected of causing a commotion during a wedding ceremony in Gombak on Sunday.
Wangsa Maju deputy police chief Deputy Superintendent Ramli Kasa said the suspects, aged between 30 and 40, were arrested yesterday and today.
This brings the total number of arrest to seven including a 32-year old man arrested on the day of the incident.
"We have identified five more individuals involved in the incident and will pick them up today," he said.
In the 1pm incident on Sunday, a group of parang-wielding men said to be residents of the People's Housing Project (PPR) in Gombak Setia, Setapak, had barged into the community hall nearby after they allegedly claimed some guests at the wedding ceremony were making a din with their motorcycles.
They allegedly tore the bridegroom's clothes, took cash given by guests, and destroyed a rented Honda superbike.
The case is being investigated under Section 148 of the Penal Code for rioting with weapons.
KUALA LUMPUR: A couple's big day in Gombak on Saturday was disrupted when a group of parang-wielding men crashed the wedding and caused a commotion with their antics.
It is understood that trouble began at 3.30pm when the men barged into the Taman Melati Gombak community hall, where the wedding was taking place.
The bridegroom told the police that the men had accused him and his friends of making a din with their motorcycles.
The men then threw firecrackers into the hall and barged into the hall with a parang.
They allegedly tore the victim’s clothes and took cash given by guests before destroying a Honda superbike rented for the big day.
A video of the incident has since gone viral.
Wangsa Maju deputy district police chief Deputy Superintendent Ramli Kasa said the incident involved 20 people. Police, he said, arrested a 32-year-old man at the scene on the same day.
“We are currently tracking down the other men believed to have been involved," he said, adding that the case is being investigated under Section 148 of the Penal Code for possessing weapons at riot.
