Police detain 17 after fight at Chini NS camp

(Bernama) – Police have detained 17 male National Service trainees of the Chini camp here to aid investigation after four of them were injured in a fight which had started between two trainees.

Pekan police chief Supt Yahaya Othman said Sunday the injured trainees were given outpatient treatment at the Pekan Hospital following the incident that happened at 8pm Saturday.

He said two trainees aged 17 and 18 quarreled when at an assembly organised by the camp management.

They started shoving one another and other trainees joined in, he said when contacted Sunday.

They exchanged blows and four of them were slightly injured in the head and arms, he said. Yahaya said the NS instructors on duty stopped the fight and gathered all the trainees at a field to prevent more of them from getting involved and to treat the injured.

"The fight is a serious incident and the police had to detain all those involved to find out the cause of it," he said.