The foreign man who allegedly hacked off a policeman’s right wrist in Desa Aman Puri, Gombak, had been staying in Malaysia illegally since his passport expired in 2020.
Immigration Department director-general Datuk Zakaria Shaaban said checks found that the 32-year-old suspect previously held a student pass from 2015 to 2018.
However, his passport had expired in 2020, meaning he had remained in the country without valid immigration documents since then.
“Since then, the man has been in the country illegally,” he said when contacted on Thursday.
In the incident yesterday, a lance corporal was seriously injured after his right wrist was severed in a parang attack by the foreign man at Desa Aman Puri.
Police had earlier received information from members of the public about a man behaving erratically and causing a disturbance at a residence in the area.
Officers rushed to the location alongside personnel from the Fire and Rescue Department and the Health Ministry to assess the situation.
However, at about 7pm, the suspect suddenly charged out of the house carrying two parangs and attacked security personnel, striking the policeman who was standing near the entrance.
The suspect was later shot dead after launching another attack on police.
