Grinning inspector was spectator during violent Bangsar brawl
FMT
14/3/2021
PETALING JAYA; A police officer was seen as a bystander during a violent midnight brawl that left a 28-year-old man dead and his friend seriously injured in Bangsar on Friday night.
A video taken during the fight revealed the presence of an inspector who is seen grinning and saying, “I also don’t know what’s going on”, even as the row was taking place in front of him and his friend.
Brickfields police were alerted to the fracas at a back lane on Jalan Telawi 2 by a member of the public at about 1am.
FMT understands that the family of the deceased has expressed unhappiness over the inspector being a mere spectator.
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It was learnt Brickfields police will record a statement from the inspector, who is from the crime division of the Kuala Selangor police.
Police are also expected to seize a mobile phone belonging to the officer’s friend, who partially captured the incident on video.
It is not known what the inspector, who was in plainclothes, was doing in Bangsar and whether his movements out of his district were approved by the Kuala Selangor district police chief.
Checks are underway to ascertain whether he was carrying his service pistol or had permission to do so when he left the district.
Under the Police Act, policemen are subject to crime prevention work at all times, even if off duty.
When a situation gets beyond the control of an officer, he has to alert the nearest police station and request assistance.
In the incident, a 28-year-old man was slashed multiple times with a knife and stabbed with a beer bottle while his friend, aged 30, suffered injuries to his face.
Five men attacked them outside a pub where they had drinks with friends.
Police said the motive for the incident was believed to be an old feud between the deceased and the suspects.
FMT
14/3/2021
PETALING JAYA; A police officer was seen as a bystander during a violent midnight brawl that left a 28-year-old man dead and his friend seriously injured in Bangsar on Friday night.
A video taken during the fight revealed the presence of an inspector who is seen grinning and saying, “I also don’t know what’s going on”, even as the row was taking place in front of him and his friend.
Brickfields police were alerted to the fracas at a back lane on Jalan Telawi 2 by a member of the public at about 1am.
FMT understands that the family of the deceased has expressed unhappiness over the inspector being a mere spectator.
It was learnt Brickfields police will record a statement from the inspector, who is from the crime division of the Kuala Selangor police.
Police are also expected to seize a mobile phone belonging to the officer’s friend, who partially captured the incident on video.
It is not known what the inspector, who was in plainclothes, was doing in Bangsar and whether his movements out of his district were approved by the Kuala Selangor district police chief.
Checks are underway to ascertain whether he was carrying his service pistol or had permission to do so when he left the district.
Under the Police Act, policemen are subject to crime prevention work at all times, even if off duty.
When a situation gets beyond the control of an officer, he has to alert the nearest police station and request assistance.
In the incident, a 28-year-old man was slashed multiple times with a knife and stabbed with a beer bottle while his friend, aged 30, suffered injuries to his face.
Five men attacked them outside a pub where they had drinks with friends.
Police said the motive for the incident was believed to be an old feud between the deceased and the suspects.
