He said the training involved was part of the initial selection for the Special Action Unit (UTK) team before the participants proceeded to the next phase.

“What happened at the Bukit Sentosa Pulapol was the first phase before the actual selection starts.

“Things like that are normal and often occur during the selection session.

“These are not new trainees, as alleged by reports that went viral on social media.

“In fact, some of them have served the force between five and 10 years,” he said after launching the Pulapol Trainees’ Special Crime Prevention Operation programme here today.

Fuzi said police would look into the matter and see if there was a need for improvement in terms of the challenges and obstacles that participants had to face as part of their training.

“The challenges the UTK participants have to go through are not easy to preserve the integrity of the Royal Malaysian Police,” he said.

Yesterday, the media reported that 60 Pulapol trainees were rushed to hospital after suffering a heat stroke.

Sixteen of them were reported to be in a critical condition.

All of them were rushed to several hospitals, including the Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL), for emergency treatment.