KUALA LUMPUR: The 32-year-old foreigner who severed a policeman’s hand in a parang attack in Kepong yesterday was in Malaysia illegally, with his passport having expired in 2020.
Immigration director-general Datuk Zakaria Shaaban said the man had previously held a student pass from 2015 to 2018.
“His passport expired in 2020 and he was in the country illegally,” he said when contacted today.
In the 7pm incident yesterday, Lance Corporal Thierry Rodger Pendy, 26, suffered a severed right hand after being attacked by a man armed with two parangs at an apartment in Desa Aman Puri, Kepong.
The suspect fled but was later tracked to a nearby playground, where he was shot dead after attacking another police officer with a parang while resisting arrest.
He was pronounced dead upon arrival at Selayang Hospital.
Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad today confirmed that the eight-hour surgery to reattach Thierry’s hand at Kuala Lumpur Hospital was successful.