SEVEN people, including a Singaporean, who were detained on Friday over the attack on the Ulu Tiram police station have been remanded for seven days.

Magistrate Hidayatul Syuhada Shamsudin issued the remand order which will be in effect from today (May 18) until Friday (May 24) .

The remand order against the seven suspects, aged 19 to 62, was issued at the Seri Alam district police headquarters.

Those remanded include five members of the suspect’s family and two students from local higher education institutions.

Police are investigating the case under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder.

The suspects were represented by the National Legal Aid Foundation’s (YBGK) Muhammad Zahier Rosli, Bustaman Menon Abdul Hamid Menon and Sulaiman Zamani, except for the Singaporean.

In the 2.45am ambush on the police station on Friday, three people were confirmed dead.

The dead constables are Ahmad Azza Fahmi Azhar, 22, and Muhamad Syafiq Ahmad Said, 24, while another policeman was injured after they were attacked by an intruder at the Ulu Tiram station.

The injured policeman, Mohd Hasif Roslan, is warded at the Sultan Ismail Hospital.

Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain said the intruder is believed to have been a member of Jemaah Islamiyah.

Jemaah Islamiyah was an Indonesia-based militant group dedicated to the establishment of an Islamic state in Southeast Asia. It was founded by Muslim preacher Abu Bakar Bashir in the early 1990s.

The group was linked to al-Qaeda and was responsible for the 2002 Bali bombing. – May 18, 2024.