'Datuk' mistakes gunshots for firecrackers

A housing developer, with a 'Datuk' title, thought a group of children were firing crackers outside his house in Taman Eng Ann here last night.

Dismissing it as child' play, the 43-year-old retired to bed.

About 8am today, the man was about to leave for work when he was stunned to find three bullet marks in the perimetre fencing of the house.

Upon checking a footage from the closed-circuit television camera in his house, the datuk saw three men wearing full-face helmets arriving on two motorcycles outside the premises last night.

In the incident about 11.40pm, the trio whipped out pistols and fired in the direction of the house before hurriedly leaving the scene.

North Klang police chief ACP Mohd Shukor Sulong told reporters here today, an inspection of the house found three bullet marks on the fence and empty shells in the vicinity.