Four men abandon car in ditch after encounter with police

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The abandoned car in the ditch.

KUCHING: Four men abandoned their car and fled on foot after crashing into a ditch in Stutong Baru here during a 30-minute pursuit by police yesterday.

The incident began around 2.15pm when a police patrol vehicle spotted an old Toyota car with four men inside moving about suspiciously in the housing area.

Police signaled to the driver to stop for an inspection, but ended chasing the car after it sped off.

The pursuit lasted about half an hour as the four men tried desperately to lose their pursuers by entering and exiting various lanes.They lost control of the car and went into a ditch.

All four men escaped on foot in different directions as the police arrived at the scene.

Their car was later impounded for further investigation.

In an unrelated case, a man from StutongBaru was detained by police after he ran amok and assaulted his cousin on Thursday night.

The 31-year-old was said to turn violent after a drinking session.He assaulted a male cousin who, after a delivering a couple of blows of his own, was able to overpower the former.

Despite being pinned down, the drunken man continued to behave aggressively towards the other occupants in the house.

Police were called to help.

The drunken man was detainedand also brought to hospital for treatment on several bruises suffered in the confrontation with his cousin.