Police station attack: Injured cop recounts events, maintains resolve

Police officer Mohd Hasif Roslan showed fighting spirit when he was shot in the hip and shoulder but still tried to stop a shooting at the Ulu Tiram police station in Johor on May 17.

Attached to the station’s crime prevention patrol division, the “Sang Saka Biru” squad member was on duty when he faced a masked intruder who earlier hacked a fellow officer to death.

Recalling the incident, Hasif said he went out on patrol at 2.30am but quickly returned after receiving instructions from the station chief.

“When I arrived at the station, I saw a body next to the barracks and was informed that my colleague had been killed.

“Colleagues told me that the station had been attacked but the suspect was not visible at that time.

“Suddenly, the attacker opened fire at us and I was hit in the hip and shoulder,” he said.

The 38-year-old was speaking after the rank conferment ceremony (field and posthumous) at the Kuala Lumpur Police Training Centre (Pulapol) in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

Hasif and three fellow officers then tried to track the attacker. Wounded and covered in blood, he bravely fired several shots at the attacker before being brought to the hospital for treatment.

“When I got to the hospital, I immediately called my wife and informed her of the situation because I did not want her and our children to worry,” he added.

Part and parcel

After almost a month following the incident, he is still receiving regular treatment but he has not lost his desire to continue serving in the Royal Malaysia Police.

Hasif, who has been in the force for 14 years, said serving the community even when faced with challenges is part and parcel of being a police officer.

Yesterday, he was one of three members of the Ulu Tiram police station who received a field promotion presented by Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

He was promoted to the rank of sergeant while the two other members - Mohd Khairul Azhar Abbi Paisa and Muhammad Aznel Salleh were both promoted to the rank of corporal.

Additionally, the two officers who died in the attack - Ahmad Azza Fahmi Azhar and Muhamad Syafiq Ahmad Said - were each posthumously promoted to the rank of corporal.

Following the incident, police arrested five members of the suspect’s family, aged 19 to 62, in accordance with the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma).

- Bernama

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