BESUT: A young female Dutch tourist was assaulted by a snatch thief who stole her handbag at Pulau Perhentian on Saturday. She received five stitches for her head wound, said District police chief Superintendent Mohd Zamri Mohd Rowi. "The victim received outpatient treatment at the Pulau Perhentian Health Clinic, before lodging a report at the Kampung Raja police station. “Police arrested a 34-year-old man at his house in Kuala Besut at 10pm on the same day,” he added. Mohd Zamri said that the suspect tested positive for methamphetamine and is being remanded for six days at the station's lock-up.

Source: New Strait Times September 11, 2017 03:00 UTC