GEORGE TOWN, March 31 -- Police have rescued a five-year-old disabled boy who was inside a car hijacked by a man in Penang last night.

Penang police chief Datuk Hamzah Ahmad said the suspect was arrested after police traced the vehicle to the Behrang R&R along the PLUS Highway heading south.

"The suspect was found sleeping in the vehicle with the engine running. He attempted to escape when policemen instructed him to open the door," he said in a statement today.

In his attempt to flee, the suspect reversed the car into a police patrol vehicle behind him.

"The policemen broke the car windows, but the suspect resisted and tried to fight back before he was subdued and arrested," Hamzah said.

The boy was rescued unharmed.

The suspect, a...