KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 – Five family members of the suspect in the Ulu Tiram police station incident in Johor Bahru, who were just freed after remand ends, were rearrested under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act (SOSMA) 2012.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said the re-arrest was made after initial police investigations found that the family had radical ideology and beliefs.
“After questioning the witnesses and neighbours of the family, police found out that the family was living in isolation, and did not mix around with people, and the children did not even finish school,” he told a press conference on Friday.
Meanwhile, Razarudin said two students who were arrested in connection with the incident have been released unconditionally after the police called 47 witnesses and found that they had no connection with any radical group.
In the 2.54 am incident last Friday, Constables Ahmad Azza Fahmi Azhar, 22, and Muhamad Syafiq Ahmad Said, 24, were killed while Corporal Mohd Hasif Roslan was injured in the incident. The suspect was shot dead.
