JOHOR BAHRU, Feb 20 — Police are searching for a fireworks seller suspected of supplying banned materials that led to a 32-year-old man losing his left leg while setting off firecrackers outside his home in Segamat yesterday.
JOHOR BAHRU, Feb 20 — Police are searching for a fireworks seller suspected of supplying banned materials that led to a 32-year-old man losing his left leg while setting off firecrackers outside his home in Segamat yesterday.
Johor police chief Ab Rahaman Arsad said preliminary investigations revealed the fireworks involved were not among the 45 categories approved for possession and import.
“The items were bought, kept and ignited illegally at the time of the incident,” he told reporters here.
The explosion occurred in Taman Damai Jaya, Bukit Siput, when a “shoot cake 4 (D) 16 shot (premium)” firework detonated as the victim was lighting it during Chinese New Year celebrations.
The man was initially treated at Segamat Hospital before being transferred to a private hospital in Melaka for further treatment. The case is being investigated under Sections 6 and 8 of the Explosives Act 1957.
Ab Rahaman warned that firm action, including revocation of licences, would be taken against anyone found selling fireworks outside the authorised list.
Earlier, he witnessed the rank conferment ceremony for newly appointed Deputy Johor Police chief DSP Hoo Chuan Huat and the handover of duties to ACP Mohd Zairi Badderul@Badrol as Johor CID chief. — Bernama
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