PAGOH, Feb. 9 -- An unemployed man drove for more than two hours from Kuala Lumpur to Pagoh where he ran amok before breaking into three houses and assaulting a homeowner in Taman Pagoh Jaya here yesterday.

Muar police chief Assistant Commissioner Raiz Mukhliz Azman Aziz said policemen rushed to the location and managed to subdue before arresting the 29-year-old suspect.

He said the suspect, a Pagoh local, is believed to have driven alone from Kuala Lumpur before reaching the residential area in Taman Pagoh Jaya at about 5pm.

"Investigations revealed that the suspect had scaled the fence and walls of several homes in addition to damaging the door knob of one of the houses.

"The suspect was also alleged to have assaulted a male homeown...