KUALA LUMPUR, A suspected criminal was killed in a shootout with the police at Jalan Bukit Beruntung, Rawang, near here last night.

Selangor police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the shootout occurred at 9.33 pm when the 36-year-old suspect, a local, fired at the police.

‘The suspect has 16 previous records,’ he said in a statement today.

Hussein said the case was being investigated under Section 307 of the Penal Code and Section 8 of the Artms Act 1960.

Meanwhile, Hussein, when contacted, said that checks by the police found that the suspect was involved in robbery cases, including those involving firearms, as well as theft and drug-related activities over the past five years in Kedah.

The cases are still under investigation, and the police are working to track down his accomplices, he said.

Source: BERNAMA News Agency