Man's 2nd swimming stunt leads to arrest for violating inter-district travel ban

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The man claims he wants to swim to Mecca.

A man who was previously rescued and detained for violating the inter-district travel ban for swimming in Penang waters was again arrested after pulling off a similar stunt yesterday.

This time around, the man claimed that he wanted to swim to Mecca when he was rescued after being found floating in the waters off Penang on a Styrofoam float at 4.45pm by authorities who were acting on a public tip-off...

 

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