SIBU: Police detained a 43-year-old man at 2pm on Monday who is alleged to have inflicted damage to the windscreen of an ambulance that belongs to the Health Ministry (MoH).'
Sibu police chief, Assistant Commissioner Zulkipli Suhaili, said the suspect is believed to have caused the damage to an ambulance at a car aircond workshop at about 12pm on Monday (March 25).
"A report was lodged at 12.21pm on Monday (March 25), claiming that the suspect came to the aircond workshop and started smashing the windscreen of the ambulance using a 'kwan tao' parang," he said in a statement.
Based on the report, a police team from the Sibu police headquarters detained the suspect at 2pm and during the arrest, he was armed with a sickel-like dagger (kerambit).
Zulkipli added that the 'kwan tao' used by the suspect to damage the windscreen of the ambulance was found in the car driven by the suspect while he also tested positive for drugs (methamphetamine).
He added that police are still investigating the motive behind the attack. — Bernama