RANAU: A local man was arrested for trying to forcefully enter a house, near here, on Friday.
Police also seized a machete suspected of being used by the suspect.
The case under Section 506 of the Penal Code is under investigation and the 39-year-old suspect has been remanded for four days starting Saturday.
According to the case file, the suspect tried to enter the house of the female complainant, who is also the suspect’s cousin, in Kg Lipoi Ranau, at 10am, on Thursday.
The frightened complainant hid in her room on the top floor of the house after seeing the suspect carrying a machete and making noise on the veranda while asking the complainant to come out of the room.
The complainant lodged a report at the Ranau Police Station the next day.
A team of police officers from the Ranau IPD Criminal Investigation Division arrested the suspect who was found to have two previous records under Section 506 and Section 323 of the Penal Code.
