GEORGE TOWN: Penang police have detained five of their personnel yesterday to assist investigations over the case of a Special Branch policeman who found dead believed to have fallen from a hotel in Pulau Tikus here on Monday (Dec 17). State police chief Datuk Seri A.Thaiveegan said the five policemen aged between 40 to 50 were held to facilitate investigations as they were at the same place with the deceased, Sofian Shahari, 47, believed to be attending a function there. He said apart from the five, police were also looking at several other witnesses namely members of the public who were believed to be present at the incident location and had information on the incident. “Even though police are still classifying the case as sudden death, we are investigating further and police are waiting for the complete post-mortem on Sofian for further action,” he said. In the incident at about 4.45am, the body of the victim, Sofian who was a special branch policeman in Northeast District headquarters was found by a hotel employee lying face down in the car park in front of the hotel in Pulai Tikus on Monday.

Source: The Star December 20, 2018 14:15 UTC