LENGGONG, May 18 — The Perak state government will donate RM5,000 to the family of the late Constable Ahmad Azza Fahmi Azhar, who died in the attack at the Ulu Tiram police station in Johor early yesterday morning.
Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Saarani Mohamad said the allocation was also donated to three more victims of the two helicopter crash at the Royal Malaysian Navy Base in Lumut last month.
All the recipients of the donation are natives of Perak.
"The Perak government will contribute cash amounting to RM5,000; the allocation is not only to the policeman who was killed (Ulu Tiram police station attack) but also to the families of the victims of the helicopter crash," he said.
Saarani was speaking to the press after officiating the Perak Agrotourism Carnival 2024 which was also attended by Deputy Home Minister cum Lenggong MP Datuk Seri Shamsul Anuar Nasarah at the Tasik Raban Resort today.
In the 2.45am incident, Azza Fahmi, 22, and colleague Constable Muhamad Syafiq Ahmad Said, 24, died after being attacked by a masked man armed with a machete while another police officer, Corporal Mohd Hasif Roslan, was injured when he was shot.
The police confirmed that a 21-year-old male suspect was shot dead in the incident.
On April 23, 10 Navy personnel and officers died when two helicopters crashed into one another while undergoing a fly-past in conjunction with the Navy's 90th anniversary at the Lumut Navy Base.
— Bernama
