KUALA LUMPUR, July 11 — Four people, including a teenage girl, believed to be accomplices of the suspected robber shot dead by a Tan Sri at a clinic in Cheras here last Friday were detained by police in a raid early this morning.
The men, aged between 22 and 30, and the 17-year-old girl were picked up in a raid at their flat in Bandar Mahkota Cheras here at around 1.30am today, The Star Online reported today.
Two parang and a knife, masks, tools for breaking into premises, mobile phones, a laptop and tablet, VCDs and boxes of cigarettes were seized from the flat.
Police also recovered over RM5,000 in cash and valuables, as well as three vehicle believed to have been stolen.
Last Friday, Pahang Chinese Chamber of Commerce chairman Tan Sri Lam Kam Sang shot dead a 21-year-old who tried to attack him with a parang at about 10pm at the clinic in Taman Pertama, Cheras.
Upon seeing the robber collapse, his accomplices fled on foot, abandoning their getaway car that was stolen from another robbery at a clinic in Bandar Mahkota a day earlier.
Lam, 68, was visiting the clinic for treatment of an ailment. He sustained minor injuries on his stomach after the attack.
The Star Online quoted Selangor acting police chief SAC Datuk A. Thaiveegan as saying that initial investigations revealed that the suspects were also involved in 10 robberies in Kajang and three in Seremban this year.
“They would ambush places such as restaurants and sundry shops.
“In cases involving clinics, the female suspect would pretend to be a patient,” Thaiveegan was quoted as saying, adding that the police have reason to believe the suspects were involved with the man shot dead by Lam.
He said seven more gang members could still be at large.
