Three Including Woman Suspected Of Stealing Scrap Metal Assaulted By Villagers

Three Including Woman Suspected Of Stealing Scrap Metal Assaulted By Villagers

KUANTAN, June 18 (Bernama) -- Three people including a woman, who were suspected to have stolen scrap metal, were hurt after they were assaulted by residents at Felda Panching Utara here, Monday night.

Kuantan deputy police chief Supt Aziz Ahmad said the suspects, aged 20 to 26, were allegedly behaving suspiciously in a Perodua Kancil car at the Felda area in the incident at 8pm.

"The residents chased the suspects' car into a lane in the Felda scheme and surrounded them before setting upon all three.

"Police rushed to the scene after being tipped off and took the three suspects to the Panching Police Station. Half-an-hour later, about 100 people came to the station to assault the suspects but we prevented them from doing so," he told reporters here today.

He said police had received a report from a resident in the village yesterday at 5.30pm that the store at his house was broken into by thieves and a couple of items were missing.

He said all the suspects, who had past records for stealing, were sent to the Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital. Police found the missing items in the car.

-- BERNAMA