GEORGE TOWN: Police have confirmed that a man who used a firearm to apprehend another man, in an incident captured on a video uploaded to social media, is a serving policeman.
Timur Laut police chief Razlam Ab Hamid said the man is part of the CID unit at Penang headquarters and that the incident occurred in Relau at 5.45pm on Wednesday.
The policeman in question was apprehending a suspect in a case of obstructing and using criminal force against a civil servant, Razlam said.
“On Aug 1, at 12.30pm, police found a 53-second video clip uploaded to X depicting someone who identified himself as a policeman apprehending another person using a firearm.
“Police confirm that the man in the video is actually a policeman from Penang headquarters’ CID.
"The suspect had acted aggressively and tried to escape, almost hitting a policeman at the location, but was apprehended," he said in a statement today.
Razlam said a search of the suspect revealed a plastic pack containing 10.4g of heroin.
He said the same suspect had crashed into and injured another policeman while trying to evade arrest the previous day.
Razlam added that the suspect had been remanded until Sunday to facilitate investigations into obstructing a public servant in discharge of his public functions under Section 186 of the Penal Code; using criminal force to deter a public servant from discharging his duty under Section 353 of the Penal Code; and drug trafficking under Section 39 of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.
