High speed chase in Penang

By Mohamed Basyir

GEORGE TOWN, July 30 — Police are on a manhunt for several assailants who had opened fire at them during a high-speed chase on the Seberang Perai highway on Thursday night.

Police had earlier received a tip-off over a suspicious Honda City in Kampung Acheh. But as policemen approached the vehicle at about10.30pm but the driver sped away.

Two patrol cars tailed the Honda City for about half an hour but as the vehicles approached the Jawi Toll Plaza, a suspect in the rear passenger seat fired several shots at one of the patrol car.

Police then fired two shots at the Honda City but the driver did not slow down.

Penang police chief Datuk Abdul Ghafar Rajab said the suspects escaped at the Juru Toll Plaza.

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JOHOR BARU: A rush hour car chase between police and two suspects in Kempas Baru saw five cars and a police vehicle damaged as a result.

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In the 6.10pm incident, a Johor Baru Utara police patrol car spotted a black Proton Iswara in Jalan Kempas-Seelong that was reported missing hours earlier.

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The occupants of the Iswara ignored police’s instructions to stop and instead sped off, triggering a car chase. The Iswara weaved in and out of traffic, damaging five other cars and a police car in the process.

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Johor Baru Utara district police chief Assistant Commisioner Mohamad Taib Ahmad said, in a last ditch effort to escape, the two men in the Iswara abandoned the car and decided to escape on foot.

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However, their bid to evade the police failed when police caught up with them and arrested them.

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