00:00The police have confirmed that the man shot dead in Bandar Sunway Tuesday evening was
00:06part of an armed robbery gang from an African country.
00:10Bukit Aman CID Director Commissioner Datuk Seri Muhammad Shuhaili Muhammad Zain said
00:16the man, in his late 30s, was ordered to stop his vehicle by a CID team at 6.59pm.
00:23The criminal then opened fire, firing five shots at the police, with two of them hitting
00:28the vehicle.
00:33The suspect was shot dead at the scene and his body was sent to Serdang Hospital for
00:38autopsy.
00:39A revolver used by the criminal was recovered at the scene.
00:44Commissioner Muhammad Shuhaili said the police have been tracking the gang for a long time.
00:49They had been active since 2018 and linked to 45 cases with losses of around 8 million
00:56ringgit.
00:57The gang would operate by offering various transactions, including selling jewellery,
01:02conducting foreign exchange and other investments on social media to victims.
01:08The criminal would meet the victim, for instance, at a hotel for the first transaction and instruct
01:13the victim to get into the vehicle, after which other gang members would attack the
01:17victim on the road.
01:19Police are tracking down about 10 more gang members, believed to be in Kuala Lumpur and
01:23Selangor.
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