RAWANG: Police have rescued a foreigner who was allegedly kidnapped by suspects linked to today's shootout in Rawang, which left one man dead.
The Indonesian man was believed to have been kidnapped by the suspects in Cheras.
Selangor police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan confirmed that the victim was rescued.
"Based on our investigations, this man was believed to have been kidnapped in Salak South, Cheras.
"We rescued the victim during the operations at Kundang," he said when contacted today.
It was earlier reported that a man believed to be linked to a string of shop lot break-ins at Damansara was shot dead by police in Kundang, Rawang here early today.
A task force from the Petaling Jaya police was conducting intelligence to trace the suspect when they came across him driving a Nissan Grand Livina along Jalan KBK 4, Rawang at around 1.15am.
The suspect refused to stop the vehicle and sped up in reverse, crashing into an unmarked police car and a car belonging to a civilian at the scene.
Police fired several shots at the vehicle in self defence causing it to crash.
The suspect was shot in the incident and died at the scene.
Checks revealed the suspect was a local in his 30s and had 26 prior records comprising 17 for criminal activities and nine for drug offences.
The suspect had also been previously detained under Section 15(d) of the Prevention of Crime Act.
Police were also reportedly tracing the whereabouts of remnant members who were working with the suspect.