Cops nab man with blue wristband who fled Perak hospital

 

The man escaped from his ward at the Slim River Hospital yesterday evening but was arrested 70 minutes later.

TANJUNG MALIM: Police arrested a Covid-19 suspect with a blue wristband who escaped from the Slim River Hospital here yesterday.

Police said they received a call from the hospital informing them that the man had escaped from his ward at about 4.50pm.

The 29-year-old man was detained at about 6pm near a petrol station in Bandar Baru Slim River.

“A health team, wearing personal protection equipment (PPE), arrived to take him back to the hospital,” Tanjung Malim district police chief Sulizmie Affendy Sulaiman said in a statement.

However, he said that based on the latest information, test results confirmed that the man was negative for Covid-19 and would be allowed to leave the ward today.

The man, who had a criminal record, was arrested to assist in an investigation under Sections 186 and 269 of the Penal Code and Section 22 (b) of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988. - FMT