Striker Safee Sali ‘struck’ by gun in truck
As published in Malay Mail today By Haresh Deol
haresh@mmail.com.my KUALA LUMPUR — Striker Safee Sali has been gunned down by a gun and live bullets find in his pickup truck. He told Johor Baru police he had sent his vehicle to a workshop to fix some accessories. A man driving his green Ford Ranger has been arrested. Fresh from winning the FA Cup final, the Johor Darul Ta’zim footballer and his teammates were on their way to Johor Baru yesterday when he received a phone call that police had found a gun in his pickup truck. Police had stopped the vehicle, driven by a 4x4 accessories workshop owner, at a roadblock near the Kempas exit at the North-South Expressway at noon yesterday. They found a Smith & Wesson pistol and 30 live bullets in a yellow bag on the back seat of the vehicle. “I was in the bus with my teammates in a joyous mood after beating PKNS 2-1 in the final,” Safee said. “As we left Segam...