Hulu Langat MIC Youth deputy chief M.Thanabalan was seriously injured after six shots were fired at him at
the Jalan Reko traffic light junction in Kajang at 12.46pm, Monday.

Kajang district police chief, ACP Ab Rashid Ab Wahab, said Thanabalan, 38, who was in a Honda Accord car, had stopped at the traffic light before he was approached by two men on a white Yamaha LC motorcycle

"One of the suspects opened fire and shot the victim on the right shoulder, right cheek and right side of the chest," he said when contacted by Bernama.

Ab Rashid said the victim who initially received treatment at the Kajang Hospital was transferred to Serdang Hospital and is now in the Intensive Care Unit, in an unconscious but stable state.

Police were investigating the cause of the incident from various angles, including whether it was politically-motivated, he added.