:Attack suspect surrendered to police

TAWAU: The suspect sought by police yesterday turn up at the district’s police headquarter last night around 6.30 pm with his father and gave himself up while his wife which he attacked sustained a neck injury which require 25 stitches.

District police chief ACP Jaafar Mohd. Yussof said the case is being investigated under Section 326 of the Penal Code. The suspect known as Shahrizan Abdul Raja injured his wife in his car at North road.

In another development, Jaafar said that they had detained a couple after a packet of syabu was found inside the Kancil they were traveling along mile 4, Apas road on the evening of July 23.

He said the held the car around 10.20pm but not before the suspect lady managed to throw a package away in which the package was not recovered. `Our personnel saw the lady sitting on the passenger seat next to the driver throw something away when they were held. He added that the case is being investigated under Section 12(2) Dangerous Drug Act. The couple were a 25 year old Bajau man and a 22 year old Suluk lady. Jaafar also said that urine test done on them shows the result of positive on both of them. He said that the duo is now being investigated under Section 15(1)(a) of the same Act.

In another case, a 57 year old businessman lodged a report over the smearing of red paints at the front of his shop located in the vicinity of the district’s community centre.

Jaafar said the man went to the shop at 5.30am on July 23 and saw the red paints staining the front locked shop and the pavement. As the act shows the kind of action taken by loan shark, Jaafar said that they will began investigation on the matter framed under Section 427 of the Penal Code when they obtain the Order To Investigate (OTI) issued by the deputy Public Prosecutor.

He said that the owner denied owning any money to loan shark but admitted that his younger brother had done so and the shop belongs to him. `The complainant said that his brother handed him the ownership of the shop about three months ago and his yhounger brother had left Sabah’, he added.