Selangor CID chief SAC Fadzil Ahmat said this followed the discovery of WhatsApp groups called “Gang 24” and “Apache” when interrogating gang members arrested for causing a commotion in front of a school in Klang.
“Investigations found they had set up WhatsApp groups to communicate with members.
“Police believe the commotion in front of the school was aimed at drawing the school students to the gang,” he told a press conference after visiting Serdang Hospital in conjunction with the 210th Police Day here today.
Police arrested 38 people, believed to be members of Gang 24, last week. They freed 33 of them, aged between 16 and 18, on Monday.
Fadzil said five others, including a mechanic, security guard, plumber and labourer, were still being detained for investigation.
“We are tracing all the individuals involved in the commotion. More suspects are being sought to assist in investigations under Section 143 of the Penal Code.”
This section refers to unlawful assembly.
On April 20, two video recordings showing a group of youths, believed to be members of Gang 24, causing a commotion outside a school in Klang, went viral on social media.
The first video shows a group of people shouting and holding banners which read ”24” and ”TD4”. The second video shows a cake with the words ”SMK Sri Andalas”, ”24” and “Apache”.
Earlier, more than 50 police personnel and members of the Police Family Association (Perkep) spent two hours visiting the patients in the hospital wards.
Selangor police deputy chief Mohd Fuad Abdul Latif gave away souvenirs to the patients and donated 15 wheelchairs to the Serdang Hospital.