In 2015, Muhammad Iskandar Sa’at, a suspect arrested for motor theft, was being evaluated at KTPH for chest pain while under custody. When one of the two officers accompanying him left the room to break fast, Iskandar assaulted the remaining police officer and fired the officer's firearm before Iskandar was subdued, injuring the officer's left thumb and right foot. Iskandar was initially charged for an unlawful discharge of a firearm under the Arms Offences Act, which carries the mandatory death penalty, but the charge was reduced to an unlawful possession of a firearm for causing hurt to a public servant, which carries a mandatory life sentence. Iskandar pleaded guilty to the reduced charge, and was sentenced to life imprisonment and 18 strokes of the cane.