Man who rammed into cop remanded

GEORGE TOWN: An unemployed man who rammed into Constable Muhammad Iqbal Mazlan in an incident that claimed the victim’s life early on Saturday morning has been remanded for seven days until April 24 to assist investigation.

Timur Laut district police chief ACP Soffian Santong said the remand order on the 35year-old suspect was issued by the George Town Magistrate’s Court on Sunday.

The case was being investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder and Section 186 of the same Code for obstructing a public servant from discharging his duties, he told Bernama.

He said that police also found a packet of syabu weighing 22 grams following inspections at the scene and were trying to determine if the suspect had been carrying the drugs during the incident.

Soffian said the post mortem on the victim revealed that he had died due to injuries to the neck.