KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 -- Melaka police arrested a 68-year-old workshop owner yesterday for allegedly making death threats against Umno Youth chief Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh over his comments on the sale of controversial socks at a KK convenience mart.

Melaka Tengah police chief assistant commissioner Christopher Patit said that the suspect was detained in Bukit Duyong, in the Kandang area on the same day that a police report was filed by a member of the public.

The suspect was, however, released on police bail shortly after his statement was taken for health reasons.

It is understood that the police report was lodged by a 62-year-old retired state Education Department clerk who was at the workshop on March 20 having his car repaired when...