PETALING JAYA: A suspected cable thief had to be rescued after he was trapped on top of a pillar of the MRT tracks along Jalan Tun Mohd Fuad in Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur, early yesterday morning.
The Kuala Lumpur fire and rescue department’s operations mobilisation centre said a fire engine and personnel from the Sri Hartamas station were sent to the location after receiving a distress call at 2.41am.
“The firefighters rescued the victim with the aid of an aerial ladder platform. The 30-year-old local man was then handed over to the police for further action.
“Police suspect the man was involved in stealing cables,” Harian Metro reported the centre as saying.
It said 12 personnel were involved in the rescue operation.