Cops deny having parang

> High-handed claims baseless, says Gombak police chief

KUALA LUMPUR: Gombak police denied that their personnel were armed with machetes during a raid on a apartment unit in Selayang on Jan 7.

Gombak police chief ACP Ali Ahmad said the complainant was not at home during the police raid and his claims which are baseless could affect the image of the police force.

He said during the raid, the complainant’s older sister was uncooperative with police personnel and had reacted aggressively by kicking them and being rude.

Ali said on Jan 23, the complainant and his sister were charged at the Selayang magistrate’s court for obstructing a civil servant from executing his duties.

“Any action we take are within the parameters of the law and based on evidence we had obtained from our investigations,” he said in response to a viral message that alleged police high-handedness in the raid.

It is learnt that the case was raised with Segambut MP Lim Lip Eng who demanded an explanation on the allegation from police top brass.

It is learnt that the raid was conducted on a 60-year-old man’s house on suspicion he was in possession of drugs.

The man who was identified only as Liew had claimed that he was with his 39-year-olddaughter and nine-year-old grandson at the time of the raid when eight policemen in plain clothes came knocking on his door, armed with sticks and machetes.

He said although one of the policemen produced his authority card, he was suspicious that they were imposters and called 999 for help.

Liew said after 30 minutes, the raiding party broke down his door and handcuffed him.

On seeing the cuffs, Liew said only then did he believe they were the police and cooperated with them.

According to a news report, the police searched the place for two hours, seizing computers and cellphones as evidence before taking Liew and his daughter to a police station for drug use tests.