Gang attack leaves man with hand almost severed

[Zhuge Liang]

Monday January 3, 2011

Gang attack leaves man with hand almost severed

By ANN TAN
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GEORGE TOWN: A renovation worker’s left hand was almost severed when 20 men with parang attacked him and his friends in front of a hotel in Gurney Drive here.

The 29-year-old man, who also suffered cuts on his face, was sent to Penang Hospital where doctors tried to stitch back the hand.

Eyewitnesses said the man and two friends came out of an entertainment outlet when the parang-wielding mob set on them in the 3am incident yesterday.

“One of his friends fled the scene while the other suffered light injuries,” they said.

Grievous injuries: The victim being sent to Penang Hospital Sunday.

Policemen, who arrived at the scene later, found the man bleeding on the pavement opposite the hotel.

George Town OCPD Asst Comm Gan Kong Meng, who confirmed the case, said police later found a Nissan Frontier at the car park of a flat in Macallum Street Ghaut.

“We believe the vehicle, with blood stains on the steering wheel, was used by the suspects after they attacked the three men.

“We also found two parang near the scene, one underneath the bench and another thrown among the rocks of a tree near the sea,” he said.

ACP Gan said police have yet to make any arrests but they have ascertained the identity of the suspects.

“Initial investigations revealed that the gang had retaliated on the three for beating its members.

“But we have yet to determine the actual motive of the attack until the victim is fit to give his statement,” he said.

 

[Sun Quan]

Tuesday January 4, 2011

Resentments led to mob attack on three men

GEORGE TOWN: Old grudges between two rival gangs in Relau and Mount Erskine believed to have led to the attack on three men by a parang-wielding mob in front of a hotel in Gurney Drive.

It is learnt that the gang from Relau had attacked the three men for beating its members earlier.

Under probe: The 25-year-old suspect being brought out of the magistrate’s court after cops obtained the remand order.

In the incident at 3am on Sunday, more than 20 men attacked the three men and severed the left arm of a 29-year-old victim.

He was found bleeding on the pavement opposite the hotel with multiple injuries.

He and two friends had earlier came out of an entertainment outlet before the parang-wielding mob attacked them.

George Town OCPD Asst Comm Gan Kong Meng said they detained a 25-year-old suspect at a house in Bandar Baru Air Itam at 12.30am yesterday.

He said police have since obtained a court order to remand him for seven days to facilitate investigations, adding that the suspect was said to be a member of the attacking group.

However, police were still trying to determine whether the suspect was involved in the brutal attack.

ACP Gan said doctors at Penang Hospital have since stitched back the arm of the victim, who is being warded at the hospital’s intensive care unit and is reported to be in stable condition.