POLICE have arrested a local man several hours after 13 motorcycles and four electric scooters were destroyed in a fire at the parking area of the Suria KLCC shopping mall yesterday.

Dang Wangi district police chief Noor Dellhan Yahaya said the suspect has been remanded until April 19 to assist police in their investigations under section 435 of the penal code.

He said upon receiving a report on the incident, the district’s Criminal Investigation Division immediately opened an investigation paper.

“Within several hours, police arrested a suspect to assist in investigations. We also seized a Honda RS motorcycle, motorcycle keys, a helmet, a pair of gloves and a lighter.

“The motive and the cause of the incident is still under investigation. To date, 10 police reports have been received from those involved in the incident,” he said in a statement today.

Nine motorcycles and four electric scooters were completely destroyed while four other motorcycles were found partially damaged by the fire that occurred at 3.45pm.

In a separate case, Noor Dellhan said 11 individuals were arrested over their alleged involvement in an online call centre job scam.

He said eight men, a local woman and a foreign woman, all aged between 18 and 46, were arrested after police raided an office in Jalan Ampang.

“Investigations revealed the syndicate had been operating for almost a month and all those arrested were posing as customer service officers who offered work online to foreigners overseas.

“Police also confiscated 10 computers, seven central processing units, a modem and three routers,” he said.

He added that all suspects have been remanded until April 17 under section 420/511 of the penal code. – Bernama, April 14, 2023.