Two men were left seriously injured after a man slashed them with a parang during the wee hours of the morning.
Berita Harian reported that the incident occurred at Jalan Mutiara Raya in Cheras at around 4am on Friday (Mar 31).
Slashed men with parang for ‘disturbing’ wife
According to Cheras district police chief Assistant Commissioner Zam Halim Jamaluddin, police received information from the public concerning a fight which broke out between the 45-year-old suspect and the two men.
“The crime prevention patrol unit from the Cheras police station rushed to the scene and found that the two men were stabbed.
“Preliminary investigations also found that they were both severely injured by the attack, where they sustained injuries to their hand and the back of their neck,” he said.
Zam Halim added that the altercation occurred when the suspect accosted the men aged 22 and 23 for allegedly “disturbing” his wife.
He also said that a 39-year-old Malaysian woman was detained at a residential area near Taman Seri Aman by the the Cheras district police headquarters’ Anti-Vice, Gaming and Gangsterism Division (D7) at 7.30pm on the same day.
“She was arrested based on suspicions that she may have colluded with the suspect as she was present at the time the attack took place,” he said.
Police hunting down suspect
The suspect, identified as H S Heranpal Singh from Mentakab, Pahang, and believed to be the husband involved in the fight, is now being sought out by police to aid investigations.
Zam Halim urged the public not to make any speculations about the case and called upon those with further information to contact the Kuala Lumpur Police hotline at 03-21159999 or the Cheras Police hotline at 03-29845050/5051 or head to the nearest police station.
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