Three traffic cops held for alleged extortion in Johor
Three traffic policemen from the Seri Alam district police headquarters have been arrested for allegedly extorting RM4,000 from a lorry driver at a roadblock. ― Picture by Hari Anggara
Johor police chief Datuk Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay said the three, all corporals aged between 32 and 39, were arrested on June 4 following a report lodged by the lorry driver. Ayob Khan said the suspects had stopped the victim for driving an overloaded lorry and demanded RM4,000. “Normally, in such a case the three policemen could have been handed over to the Department of Integrity and Standards Compliance for investigation, but I asked the Johor CID chief to open investigation papers on the crime of extortion.
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