A civil servant threatened his neighbour with a paintball gun in Kampung Raja in Besut after his child was awakened by fireworks yesterday afternoon.      

He was later detained by police at 11.25pm last night.      

“The 44-year-old suspect went to the victim’s house about 12.30pm and threatened to shoot him with a paintball gun,” Besut police chief Supt Kamaruddin Zakaria told Bernama here today.     

The victim, a 35-year-old labourer, lodged a report at the village police station the same evening, he added.   

“We also seized a paintball gun at the suspect’s house,” he said.  

Kamaruddin said the suspect has been detained for criminal intimidation under the Penal Code and for not having a licence for the gun.   

- Bernama