Senior citizen arrested in JB for setting rented house ablaze

JOHOR BARU: Police have arrested a jobless man who is suspected of setting a house on fire on Friday (April 30) at around 12.15am.
Johor Baru South OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Padzil Mohd Zain said the 65-year old man was also the tenant of the single-storey house in Jalan Maju 3, Taman Pelangi, near here.
“We received a distress call from a woman informing us of the fire and asking for assistance from firefighters and the police," he said on Friday.
ACP Padzil said police are looking for witnesses to assist with the investigation.
He said the case is being investigated under Section 436 of the Penal Code/25 (1) (n) National Registration Rules 1990 for causing mischief by fire with intent to destroy.

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