13-year-old arrested for attempting to rob e-hailing driver with knife

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A 13-year-old boy has been arrested by police for allegedly attempting to rob an e-hailing driver in Taman Keladi, Sungai Petani, Kedah.  A video of the incident, which occurred at 6.20pm on Monday (Nov 27), has gone viral.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/4wc42ee9  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 Police have detained a 13-year-old boy for allegedly attempting to rob an e-hailing driver

00:07 in Sungai Petani. A dashcam video of the incident, which occurred at 6.20pm on Monday, has gone

00:14 viral.

00:15 Kuala Muda District Police Chief ACP Zaidi Chehassan said the driver picked up the suspect

00:20 in Taman Keladi. During the journey, the suspect asked to borrow 50 ringgit to pay his house

00:26 rent. The victim said if he did not have the money, he would have to drop off the suspect

00:31 on the spot. But the boy refused and asked to be sent to a house in Bandar Sri Astana

00:37 to collect money and pay for the transport service.

00:40 ACP Zaidi said the victim received a payment of 18 ringgit and was asked to send the suspect

00:46 back to Taman Keladi. Upon reaching the destination, the victim was returning change when the suspect

00:53 pointed a knife at his chest and attempted to snatch money from his pocket. The victim

00:57 managed to grab hold of the knife by biting the suspect's hand and the boy fled.

01:02 The teen was arrested around 10pm the same day and the knife measuring 25cm long was

01:08 also seized. ACP Zaidi said investigations revealed that the suspect was angry with the

01:14 driver for allegedly insulting him and wanted to reclaim the fare. He is being remanded

01:19 for a day to facilitate the investigation under section 393 of the Penal Code.

01:25 For more information visit www.fema.gov

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