Electrical technician Soon Ka Shon had a shock of his life when six men barged into his home and handcuffed him. Only to learn later that he had been arrested by mistake.

His ordeal started at 6 am on Jan 19 when he was rudely awakened by a man who poked him with a pistol while he was in his apartment at Bandar Puteri, Puchong.

"I thought the six men were robbers so I broke the window panes to use the pieces to protect myself while I screamed to my neighbours for help," he told a press conference organised by Seputeh MP Teresa Kok.

One of the men fired his pistol towards the floor, snapping Soon out of his hysteria. He was later cuffed and allegedly assaulted.

"It was like a nightmare. I wasn't sure what was going on. When a uniformed policeman eventually came into my apartment, I actually told him that the six men were robbers," he said.

Left at clinic

Later, Soon was led to a patrol car where a police officer uncuffed him and said that the police had arrested him by mistake. At this point, his arms were bleeding profusely from the glass cuts.

At a nearby clinic where he was treated, he claimed that police officers reluctantly payed for his medical expenses but refused to take him to the hospital as advised by the doctor.

"How could they just leave me like that? I had nothing on me. No money, not even my cellular phone," he said.

Soon is irked by the conduct of the police that night and is seeking an apology and compensation for loss of income and medical expenses. Due to the deep cuts on his right arm, doctors have advised him not to do heavy work for a month.

He added that his watch worth RM230 was missing following the incident. He had lodged a police report on the incident at the Bukit Puchong police station.

Raid by KL police

Yesterday, Kok and Soon held an hour long meeting with Subang district police chief Muhd Fuad Talib to discuss the matter.

They were informed that the raid on Soon's apartment was part of the Kuala Lumpur police's dragnet on a syndicate targeting luxury cars.

One of the four suspects arrested that night allegedly told police that the syndicate's weapons were kept at Soon's apartment.

"Why couldn't they have at least verified their information first? I could have gotten seriously hurt during the incident," said Soon today.

Contacted later, Fuad confirmed that the meeting took place. He added that his team was investigating the incident under Section 380 of the Penal Code for break-in and theft and under the Arms Act.

"We will see if there was any breach in police procedure, and also if there were any grounds for the discharge of firearms," he said.