Suspect torched auxiliary police car to gain social media fame, say cops

Suspect torched auxiliary police car to gain social media fame, say cops

Petaling Jaya police chief Fakhrudin Hamid says there is no other clear motive for the attack at present.

Petaling Jaya police chief Fakhrudin Hamid says the suspect has no previous conviction. (PDRM pic)
PETALING JAYA:
The p-hailing worker who set fire to an auxiliary police car and uploaded a video of the incident on social media did so to go viral, police said today.

“The suspect did the act to gain high viewership on the TikTok application by uploading a video of the incident through his mobile phone, in addition to showing himself being involved,” Petaling Jaya police chief Fakhrudin Hamid said, according to Bernama.

Fakhrudin confirmed that the 25-year-old man was arrested at a flat in Flora Damansara.

“The suspect has no previous conviction but tested positive for morphine during a urine test,” he said in a statement.

He said police seized several tools, including a sledgehammer.

“The police are still investigating the suspect’s motive,” he added.

Earlier today, FMT reported that an auxiliary police car was set ablaze with a Molotov cocktail near the Mutiara Damansara MRT station at about 1am.

“Satisfied that I got to burn a police car #polistakdekeje (or #thepolicehavenothingtodo),” he said in his posting.

Vulgarities directed at federal ministers were also seen spray-painted on the glass walls of a bus stop nearby.

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