KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 26 (Bernama)\u00a0–\u00a0Police have detained a\u00a0man suspected of stabbing and robbing an e-hailing driver at Jalan Sentul Pasar here yesterday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sentul district police chief ACP Beh Eng Lai said, the 23-year-old suspect was arrested at noon today in Kota Damansara, Selangor after receiving a report regarding the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said initial investigations revealed that the victim, a 47-year-old driver\u00a0picked up the suspect in Putrajaya at about 1 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“When they arrived at the scene, the suspect asked for the driver’s\u00a0account number on the pretext of making\u00a0the payment but when the driver was looking for the number, the suspect suddenly stabbed the victim in the neck before driving off with the victim’s vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The victim was then helped by members of the public and sent to Kuala Lumpur Hospital for further treatment,” he said in a statement today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Beh said police found the victim\u2019s Proton Saga car with\u00a0the registration number missing and was found thrown in a rubbish bin and personal items belonging to the victim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Checks showed that the suspect has no criminal records and the case is being investigated under Section 394 of the Penal Code,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier, three videos went viral on social media showing a man attacking an individual who was bleeding from his neck believed to be the e-hailing driver, before fleeing the scene in the victim’s car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
— BERNAMA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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