4 women among 19 held for brawl over ‘girlfriend issue’

 

Police said more than 20 people were believed to be involved in an incident of rioting in a Petaling Jaya neighbourhood.

KUALA LUMPUR: Four women were among 19 people detained by police for rioting in Ara Damansara, Petaling Jaya, yesterday over “a girlfriend issue”.

Petaling Jaya district police chief Mohamad Fakhrudin Abdul Hamid said at least 20 people were believed to have been involved.

The suspects, aged between 15 and 27, were detained at the scene and a baseball bat, believed to be used by one of them, was confiscated.

He said it was believed that the fight erupted over a “girlfriend issue”. Two of those arrested had a record of previous criminal offences.

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In a separate incident in Sungai Way, Petaling Jaya, a 33-year-old man was seriously injured after he was attacked by four men whom he knew, believed to be due to an old grudge.

Fakhrudin said three men, aged 21 to 37, were arrested in the Sungai Way area and near a medical centre in Kuala Lumpur between 12.30am and 2am today. - FMT