Malaysia Polis: Don’t believe rumours about Kuala Selangor riot
KUALA SELANGOR: Police have advised the public not to be duped by information spread on social media that a fatal accident involving a 36-year-old woman led to a riot in Taman Assam Jawa on Friday.
Selangor police criminal investigation department chief Senior Assistant Commissioner Datuk Mohd Adnan Abdullah said the social media posting was untrue and the man did not hit a motorcycle belonging to 36-year-old Norjunaidah Sahak in the accident which occurred on Friday at 7.30pm. Mohd Adnan clarified that Norjunaidah was on her way home from Shah Alam to the Bukit Belimbing low-cost flats when the incident occurred. He said she was travelling along KM41 of Jalan Klang Teluk Intan and while at the junction towards Taman Assam Jawa, lost control of her motorbike while trying to avoid a car driven by the man. "The machine skidded and hit a concrete drain. Norjunaidah was thrown off the machine and landed in a drain where she died on the spot," he said. Adnan said the man had helped to dial 999 and then went to a nearby restaurant to dine.
A crowd, which had mistaken the man for causing the accident, confronted the latter in front of a restaurant where some a crowd of 200 had assembled. A police car on its rounds managed to prevent the situation from escalating. However, a scuffle broke out when the policemen wanted to bring the man to safety into the patrol car. A police officer suffered light injuries trying to protect the man from being assaulted by the group. Reinforcements were called from the Kuala Selangor district police operations room as the crowd became unruly and had surrounded the patrol car.
A passer-by who had filmed the incident was kicked and punched as the group thought he was related to the man, said Adnan. The arrival of more policemen to the scene in two patrol cars calmed the situation and the crowd dispersed 10 minutes later.
Both men were brought to the police station and then to a nearby hospital where they received outpatient treatment. Adnan said a 21-year-old man from Kuala Selangor was arrested to facilitate investigations into the case this morning. At press time, Adnan said they were trying to obtain a remand order against the suspect. The case is being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987 for causing death by reckless or dangerous driving and Section 147 of the Penal Code for rioting. Adnan said police would speed up investigations to ascertain what had caused the accident. "I believe this case be solved in a few days. "I urge people not to be believe or influenced by social media postings and speculate matters. The public not to take matters into their own hands or do things that against the law. "Let matters be investigated by the police and let laws take its course," he said.
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KUALA SELANGOR: Police have advised the public not to be duped by information spread on social media that a fatal accident involving a 36-year-old woman led to a riot in Taman Assam Jawa on Friday.
Selangor police criminal investigation department chief Senior Assistant Commissioner Datuk Mohd Adnan Abdullah said the social media posting was untrue and the man did not hit a motorcycle belonging to 36-year-old Norjunaidah Sahak in the accident which occurred on Friday at 7.30pm. Mohd Adnan clarified that Norjunaidah was on her way home from Shah Alam to the Bukit Belimbing low-cost flats when the incident occurred. He said she was travelling along KM41 of Jalan Klang Teluk Intan and while at the junction towards Taman Assam Jawa, lost control of her motorbike while trying to avoid a car driven by the man. "The machine skidded and hit a concrete drain. Norjunaidah was thrown off the machine and landed in a drain where she died on the spot," he said. Adnan said the man had helped to dial 999 and then went to a nearby restaurant to dine.
A crowd, which had mistaken the man for causing the accident, confronted the latter in front of a restaurant where some a crowd of 200 had assembled. A police car on its rounds managed to prevent the situation from escalating. However, a scuffle broke out when the policemen wanted to bring the man to safety into the patrol car. A police officer suffered light injuries trying to protect the man from being assaulted by the group. Reinforcements were called from the Kuala Selangor district police operations room as the crowd became unruly and had surrounded the patrol car.
A passer-by who had filmed the incident was kicked and punched as the group thought he was related to the man, said Adnan. The arrival of more policemen to the scene in two patrol cars calmed the situation and the crowd dispersed 10 minutes later.
Both men were brought to the police station and then to a nearby hospital where they received outpatient treatment. Adnan said a 21-year-old man from Kuala Selangor was arrested to facilitate investigations into the case this morning. At press time, Adnan said they were trying to obtain a remand order against the suspect. The case is being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987 for causing death by reckless or dangerous driving and Section 147 of the Penal Code for rioting. Adnan said police would speed up investigations to ascertain what had caused the accident. "I believe this case be solved in a few days. "I urge people not to be believe or influenced by social media postings and speculate matters. The public not to take matters into their own hands or do things that against the law. "Let matters be investigated by the police and let laws take its course," he said.
Read More : http://www.nst.com.my/news/2015/09/police-don’t-believe-rumours-about-kuala-selangor-riot
