Cheras police today justified briefly detaining a man at the police station after he refused to show officers the content of his mobile phone while he was having teh tarik at a stall at Jalan Cheras Utama.

He was approached at the stall as officers suspected the man had placed a 4D bet online illegally via the WhatsApp phone application, said district police chief Muhammad Idzam Jaafar.

“When police wanted to inspect his mobile phone in detail, the man...