KUALA LUMPUR: Two General Operations Force (GOF) personnel were only armed with pistols when they stumbled upon smugglers early Tuesday (Nov 24), which led to the fatal shooting of Corporal Baharuddin Ramli, says Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador.
The Inspector-General of Police said that the two men only had their pistols as it was a fact-gathering mission and that a patrol team would have been armed with rifles.
“Despite dark conditions, they managed to injure their attackers. Corporal Baharuddin, who had been shot, crawled over to Corporal Norihan Tari and told him to get help. “He is in stable condition despite being shot three times – twice in his stomach. I managed to speak with him before he was taken for an operation, ” he said.“The police also conducted mass arrests of known smuggling group members, and we have identified three Malaysians who were involved.
Six suspects linked to the shooting have been apprehended so far, the IGP confirmed, four of whom were arrested by Thai authorities in the kingdom.