LAHAD DATU: The two injured police commandos in the Lahad Datu Hospital are in stable condition, hospital director Dr Tan Hee Ting said yesterday.
They are two of the three commandos who were injured in a gun battle in Kampung Tanduo, 130km from here, on Friday with armed intruders claiming to be members of the royal army of the Sulu Sultanate in the Philippines. One of the commandos is in the Sandakan Hospital.
Dr Tan said the commandos in the Lahad Datu Hospital — Cpl Mohd Tarmizi Hashim, 32, and Cpl Azman Ampong, 39 — underwent surgery to remove bullets from the body.
Mohd Tarmizi was wounded in the right shoulder and both legs while Azman was injured in the buttocks and thighs.
“They are in stable condition and are recovering in the normal ward,” Dr Tan told reporters after Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman visited the policemen at the hospital.
Dr Tan dismissed a social website report that the hospital was short of blood and said there was sufficient supply of blood at the hospital.
Meanwhile, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar also visited the two commandos. He was accompanied by CID director Datuk Seri Mohd Bakri Zinin and Sabah CID chief SAC Omar Mammah. Ismail told reporters the two commandos had stated their resolve to return to duty.
In Sandakan, the condition of Constable Mohamad Qaiyum’aiqal Zolkifli, 22, who was injured in the right shoulder and both legs, is reported to be stable.
Sekong assemblyman Datuk Samsudin Yahya, who visited the policeman at the Duchess of Kent Hospital, said he was resting on doctor’s orders.
A check by Bernama showed that no visitors were allowed to see Mohamad Qaiyum’aiqal and there was tight security at the ward. — Bernama