Another GOF personnel shot at Thai border, lightly injured
A personnel from the General Operations Force (GOF) was slightly injured after getting shot while on duty at the Malaysia-Thailand border near Bukit Kayu Hitam, Kedah this evening.
Kedah police chief Hasanuddin Hassan said that in the 6.15pm incident, the GOF personnel was conducting a patrol with another member in the area...
A personnel from the General Operations Force (GOF) was slightly injured after getting shot while on duty at the Malaysia-Thailand border near Bukit Kayu Hitam, Kedah this evening.
Kedah police chief Hasanuddin Hassan said that in the 6.15pm incident, the GOF personnel was conducting a patrol with another member in the area.
“The personnel, who was wearing a bulletproof vest, suddenly felt a sharp pain in his abdomen. When he checked, he found a circular mark.
“He then saw there were human activities in the area. We suspect he was shot with an air rifle believed to have come from the direction of the neighbouring country,” he said when contacted by Bernama today.
He said the 26-year-old personnel had lodged a report with the Bukit Kayu Hitam police station and that an investigation paper had been opened under Section 307 of the Penal Code for attempted murder.
“We will investigate and take stern action against the individual who fired the shot at the enforcement officer carrying out his duty,” he said.
This is the second such incident on a GOF personnel following the shootout involving two personnel and a group of smugglers about 600 metres from the TS9 command post in Padang Besar, Perlis early yesterday.
In the 3.10am incident, GOF Corporal Baharuddin Ramli, 54, who has since been promoted to sergeant posthumously, was killed and Corporal Norihan a/l Tari, 39, who was also promoted to the rank of sergeant, was critically injured.
- Bernama
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