POLICE said they are tracking down two parang-wielding men who escaped after two of their associates were shot dead in an altercation with police at Taman Supreme, Cheras, yesterday. 

Without revealing further details, Kuala Lumpur top cop Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain said at a media conference that police have set up a team to track the other two foreigners suspected to be involved in several break-ins in the area.

The police shot dead two men in their 30s early yesterday morning when they tried to attack police using parangs, and two other men escaped in a vehicle bearing false registration plates. 

In a separate development, police arrested two men and two women, locals aged between 21 to 23, on suspicion of involvement in e-purchase and job scams via a call centre.

The arrests were made during a raid at a house in Bukit Bintang yesterday. Four laptops and 15 mobile phones were seized from the syndicate targeting Australians. 

“Those arrested worked as operators looking for victims in Australia on Facebook. The case is being investigated under section 420 of the penal code for fraud,” he said, urging those with information to contact the Kuala Lumpur police hotline at 03-2146 0584/0585 or go to their nearest police station. – Bernama, June 9, 2023.