Viral report on police uniforms theft a hoax - IGP

The Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar on Wednesday confirmed that the news about 30 pairs of police uniforms being stolen from a laundry shop in Subang Jaya, which went viral over social media since yesterday, was a hoax.

Khalid, in his Twitter page, also denied the report.

Meanwhile, Subang Jaya Police chief ACP Mohammad Azlin Sadari, in the official Subang Jaya Police's Facebook page, said that the report about the theft was an old story.

"The viral report about the uniform theft at a laundry shop in Subang Jaya is an old story. It is a hoax. No such incident was reported in Subang Jaya (of late)," he said.

Mohammad Azlin also advised the public to be wary in spreading unverified news over the social media.

The police uniform theft was reported in February last year by a female laundry shop owner after realising that 30 police corporate shirts sent to her shop for cleaning had been stolen when the shop was broken into. - BERNAMA