Police have “certain"” information on the acid splashing cases reported to have occurred in the Klang Valley since February, said inspector-general of police (IGP) Ismail Omar.

Without revealing the information, he said police had undertaken an open approach and mounted an operation to trace the suspect.

Ismail said through the open approach, information to the public, especially women, had been disseminated to advise them to be careful while police had increased its presence by deploying more personnel to certain areas.

“Since these proactive measures have been taken, there have been no new cases of acid splashing but police are not keeping quiet over this,” he said after attending the handing-over of duty ceremony in Bukit Aman, Kuala Lumpur, today.

Police were said to have so far received 23 reports on acid splashing incidents in the Klang Valley.

        

Ismail said federal police CID chief Mohd Bakri Mohd Zinin, Kuala Lumpur chief Zulkifli Abdullah who is now Bukit Aman Logistics director, as well as Selangor police chief Tun Hisan Tun Hamzah had held discussions on tracing the suspects involved in the dangerous act.

On the detention of a Malaysian businessman who was reportedly kidnapped by 10 armed men in the Philippines on May 8, Ismail said Malaysian police were making efforts to save the victim.

Nazarudin Saidin, 38, from Sungai Buloh, Selangor, was reported to have been kidnapped in Sulu Island in southern Philippines on that date.

Asked whether the Royal Malaysian Police planned to build more stations in certain areas, Ismail said it would depend on the requirement, the population size and prevailing conditions in an area.

Earlier, he had witnessed Deputy IGP Khalid Abu Bakar hand over duty as Internal Security and Public Order director to Salleh Mat Rashid and Logistics Department deputy director I Zubaidah Md Ismail hand over duty to Zulkifli Abdullah as the new director.

- Bernama