Police believe arson attack linked to prior threats

KUALA LUMPUR: Police have discovered that three individuals were involved in the arson attack on the home of a Royal Customs Department principal assistant director in Jalan P11/1, Presint 11 in Putrajaya on Tuesday.
City police chief Commissioner Datuk Mazlan Lazim said police reached this conclusion after interviewing witnesses.
"We will examine closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras in the area for more clues."
Putrajaya police chief ACP Rosly Hassan said police have formed a task force to investigate this case.
In the 3.30am incident, suspected arsonists torched four cars belonging to Nor Azman Mat Jini, 59, who is with the federal Customs GST enforcement division.
Fortunately, there were no casualties as the the assistant director and his family managed to escape from their home after an alert neighbour spotted the fire.
Police have also not ruled out the possibility of a link between Customs officers being threatened and the attack itself.
City Criminal Investigation Department (CID) chief SAC Rusdi Mohd Isa said investigations so far showed that two other Customs officers who were not related to the arson had lodged reports on receiving threats.
"One case was initiated under Section 507 of the Penal Code for criminal intimidation. The other report was opened under Section 435 of the Penal Code for mischief by fire or explosive substance," he said.
However, Rusdi revealed Nor Azman had also lodged a report on receiving threats, but that was in 2013 when he was with a different division.
Meanwhile, police are waiting for the results of the DNA tests on the chair that struck 15-year-old S. Satiswaran, killing him instantly, for new leads.
"We have so far recorded statements from 43 people," he added.
Sathiswaran, a Form Three student, and his mother were about to enter Block 102 at the Seri Pantai PPR, heading to their flat, when the incident occurred at 8.30pm last week.
A blue office chair, believed to have been thrown from one of the upper floors, crashed down and struck Sathiswaran.