No Singaporeans arrested over Johor police station attack: Malaysia police chief
Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain said all seven people detained over a deadly attack on a Johor police station are Malaysians, refuting earlier reports by Malaysian media that one of them was a 65-year-old Singaporean woman.
Two policemen were killed and one was injured in an attack by an intruder at the Ulu Tiram police station on May 17,2024. (Photo: CNA/Zamzahuri Abas)
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JOHOR BAHRU: Malaysia's police chief has refuted Malaysian media reports that one of the seven people arrested in connection with a deadly attack on a Johor police station is Singaporean.
"All of those who were detained are Malaysian citizens," said Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Razarudin Husain, who was quoted by the New Straits Times on Saturday (May 18).
Earlier on Saturday, several Malaysian media outlets had initially reported that a Singapore national was among those detained.
A lawyer appointed to represent the seven individuals subsequently told CNA that one of them, a 65-year-old woman, had informed him that she was a Singapore citizen.
The elderly woman is the mother of the 21-year-old male suspect responsible for the attack on Friday that killed two police officers, criminal defence lawyer Muhammad Zahier Rosli told CNA.
Mr Muhammad Zahier leads a team from the non-profit National Legal Aid Foundation (YBGK) representing the suspects.
The seven people nabbed included five members of the suspect’s family and a couple who were making a police report at the time of the attack.
Police deemed it was “not logical” for them to be reporting a separate incident that allegedly took place two years ago, implying that the couple was making the report as a distraction and that they might have been involved in Friday’s attack.
Mr Muhammad Zahier told CNA before a court session on Saturday morning that his team had spoken to all seven who were nabbed. During the interview, the woman informed him of her nationality.
“She told me that she was Singaporean and that she was 65 years old,” said Mr Muhammad Zahier.
“But we could not verify this as she did not have an identity card on hand. I then informed the court that we could not represent her because YBGK is a non-profit which only represents Malaysian citizens,” he added.
Mr Muhammad Zahier then added that his team represented the other six while the woman was unrepresented in court on Saturday.
He also told CNA that all seven individuals, including the woman, have been ordered to be remanded for seven more days.
Mr Muhammad Zahier said that the remand order was issued by magistrate Hidayatul Syuhada Shamsudin and was done to assist investigations under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder.
CNA is not publishing the names of those who were arrested as they have not been charged.
CNA has sent queries to Singapore authorities regarding the nationality of the 65-year-old woman.
