KUALA LANGAT, Oct. 11 -- Police fired five shots at the tyres of a four-wheel-drive vehicle packed with undocumented migrants during a car chase near the Telok Panglima Garang Toll Plaza yesterday.

The 4.30am incident unfolded when a General Operations Force(GOF) team from the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants (ATIPSOM) Task Force and the Pulau Carey post launched an operation in the area, Sinar Harian reported today.

According to the Malay daily, Kuala Langat district police chief Superintendent Mohd Akmalrizal Radzi said officers had stopped two vehicles - a Toyota Fortuner SUV and a 4x4 - both believed to be ferrying Bangladeshi nationals without valid documents.

"But the 4x4 driver suddenly reversed at high...