Kajang OCPD ACP Abdul Rashid Abdul and SAC Datuk A. Thaiveegan holding upthe long parang used by the suspects during their series of robberies in Kajang, Cheras and Seremban:-
KAJANG: Three men and a teenage girl, believed to be accomplices of the suspected robber who was gunned down by a Tan Sri in Cheras last Friday, have been arrested by police.
The men, aged between 22 and 30, and the 17-year-old girl were picked up during a raid at their flat in Bandar Mahkota Cheras at around 1.30am on Thursday.
Police confiscated two long parang and a knife, masks, tools for breaking into premises, mobile phones, a laptop and tablet, VCDs and boxes of cigarettes from the flat.
They also recovered over RM5,000 in cash and valuables, as well as a Proton Iswara and a stolen Perodua MyVi and Honda City.
Last Friday, Pahang Chinese Chamber of Commerce chairman Tan Sri Lam Kam Sang shot dead a 21-year-old who tried to attack him with a parang at about 10pm at a policlinic in Taman Pertama, Cheras.
Upon seeing the robber collapse, his accomplices fled on foot, abandoning their getaway car that was stolen from another robbery at a clinic in Bandar Mahkota a day earlier.
Lam, 68 was undergoing a medical checkup at the time of the incident, accompanied by his wife. He sustained minor injuries on his stomach after the attack.
Selangor acting police chief Senior Asst Comm Datuk A. Thaiveegan said initial investigations revealed that the suspects were also involved in 10 robberies in Kajang and three in Seremban this year.
In some cases, the victims were slashed by the robbers during their getaway.
“They would ambush places such as restaurants and sundry shops.
“In cases involving clinics, the female suspect would pretend to be a patient,” SAC Thaiveegan said adding that the police have reason to believe the suspects were involved with the man shot dead by the Tan Sri.
He said the suspects would be remanded until July 15.
He said another seven gang members could still be at large.
“But they do not know each other, they are just acquaintances. They only know them by names like Tobey, Loga, Suria, Guru, Black, Vikram and Sasi,” he said.
– THE STAR
