Suspect in Machete Attack on Police Officer Remanded for Four Days

JELI: A man suspected of attacking a police officer with a machete in Kampung Lalang Pepuyu near Tanah Merah has been remanded for four days beginning Sunday.

The remand order was issued by Magistrate Tun Faez Fikhrie Tun Asrul Saini.

The 30-year-old suspect was remanded under Section 117 of the Criminal Procedure Code to facilitate police investigations under Section 307 of the Penal Code for attempted murder.

On Saturday, the media reported that an officer from the Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department (NCID) of the Kelantan Police Contingent Headquarters (IPK) was seriously injured after being attacked with a machete by a man who tested positive for drugs during the Integrated Border Ops Tapis operation in Kampung Lalang Pepuyu, Tanah Merah.

In the incident, which occurred at 1.35 pm, the officer suffered a fracture to his left arm after being struck by the suspect’s machete.

Kelantan Police Chief Datuk Mohd Yusoff Mamat said the suspect, who was in his 30s, attempted to flee when police raided a house, prompting officers on duty to give chase.

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