NST CRIME WATCH: Policeman loses hand in parang attack, underage clubbers and RM28.4mil heist [WATCH]

A policeman in Kepong suffered a severe injury when he was attacked by a foreigner wielding a parang during an attempted arrest on November 11. The police chief reported that the suspect's hand was severed in the confrontation, along with head and body injuries. The 26-year-old lance corporal is currently in stable condition after undergoing an eight-hour surgery to reattach his hand.

Initially taken to Hospital Selayang for emergency treatment, he was then transferred to Hospital Kuala Lumpur for the hand reattachment procedure. The suspect was spotted near a playground between 7:30 pm and 8:00 pm and was subsequently shot and killed by police after attacking them a second time while resisting arrest.

In a separate incident, police detained 195 underage patrons and a manager at an unauthorized entertainment venue in Kuala Lumpur just after midnight on November 10. The detained individuals included 93 local men, 61 local women, 16 foreign men, and 25 foreign women. The manager is being investigated under Section 29(2) of the Entertainment (Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur) Regulations for permitting underage patrons into the establishment.

In a different case, three Malaysians were arrested in Mauritius on November 2 after authorities discovered 76.14kg of suspected cannabis in their luggage. The haul, packed in 70 vacuum-sealed plastic packets, was estimated to be worth 114.21 million Mauritian rupees, roughly equivalent to RM9.87 million. The three suspects, a Malaysian couple and a 30-year-old from Sabah, were allegedly recruited through contacts on the RedNote application and paid RM1,000 each for the illicit transport of the drugs. They were facilitated by the Mauritius Anti-Drug and Smuggling Unit in collaboration with Customs.