Woman arrested in Taiping for allegedly setting motorcycle on fire

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Police in Taiping, Perak, have arrested a woman in her 40s for allegedly setting a motorcycle on fire.  Taiping OCPD Asst Comm Mohamad Nasir Ismail stated that the arrest followed a report alleging the woman of pouring a liquid, believed to be petrol, on the motorcycle and igniting it at Jalan Masjid in Pokok Assam on Thursday (Dec 26).  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/2ussvs6f  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Police in Taiping have arrested a woman for allegedly setting a motorcycle on fire.

00:09Taiping OCPD Assistant Commissioner Mohamed Nasir Ismail stated that a man lodged a report

00:15on December 26 at about 4.27 p.m. regarding the woman setting fire to a motorcycle at

00:22Jalan Masjid in Pokok, Assam.

00:26According to ACP Mohamed Nasir, video evidence showed the woman pouring a liquid, suspected

00:32to be petrol, on the motorcycle before igniting it.

00:36Following the report, a team from the Taiping District Police Headquarters apprehended the

00:41suspect, a woman in her forties, at 7.30 p.m. the same day.

00:47Preliminary investigations revealed that the act was allegedly motivated by dissatisfaction

00:52with a repossession agent's attempt to seize the motorcycle due to 20 months of unpaid

00:57installments.

00:58The case is being investigated under Section 435 of the Penal Code for Mischief by Fire.

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