Shooting off Morib that killed one, injured 4, classified as attempted murder

KUALA LUMPUR: Police believe that a shooting incident in the waters off Morib Beach was the result of a confrontation between foreigners and the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA).

The incident left one person dead and four others injured.

Selangor police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan told Bernama that preliminary investigations revealed the incident occurred after an MMEA patrol boat was rammed four times by another boat, believed to belong to the suspects.

In the incident, two suspects, believed to be foreigners aboard the boat, allegedly attempted to attack MMEA officers with machetes in the waters of Tanjung Rhu around 3am the same day.

"MMEA officers fired several shots at the suspects' boat in self-defence. However, the suspects managed to flee under the cover of darkness," Hussein said.

He added that at 9am the same day, the MMEA received a tip-off from the public about a boat adrift along the coast of Pantai Banting in Kuala Langat.

The MMEA located the boat and found two men inside. One was pronounced dead at the scene, while the other was critically injured and was rushed to Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang for treatment.

Hussein also confirmed that police received a report regarding three men, suspected to be foreign nationals, who sustained gunshot wounds. They had sought treatment at the Sultan Idris Shah Hospital in Serdang.

He stated that the report was lodged by a medical officer at the hospital's Emergency Department, who was on duty at the time. All three victims were received at 7.30am.

"The three were conscious and had sustained injuries consistent with gunshot wounds," he said.

Hussein added that the case was being investigated under Section 307 of the Penal Code for attempted murder. The case was also being investigated under Section 186 of the Penal Code for obstructing civil servants from discharging their duties.

It was reported yesterday that Hussein had confirmed that a shooting incident had taken place in the waters off Morib Beach in Kuala Langat, Selangor.

At press time, Hussein said the identity of the deceased had yet to be determined and that the injured suspects were believed to be Indonesians.

State Maritime director, Maritime Captain Abdul Muhaimin Muhammad Salleh, in a separate statement, confirmed that a man was found dead and another injured aboard a fibre boat found adrift by the MMEA southwest of Carey Island yesterday morning.

Muhaimin said the blue boat was found approximately 0.4 nautical miles from the island and had no registration number.