Penang police are confident of resolving the case of the explosion last Tuesday near a Barisan Nasional (BN) ceramah venue in Jawi, near George Town, following several new leads.

State police contingent election spokesperson ACP Roslee Chik said following new leads, the police had made several more arrests.

“Police believe the case will be resolved in the near future and efforts to track down several more individuals involved in the case are being carried out,” he said when contacted by Bernama today.

On the three individuals who were remanded earlier, Roslee said they were released on police bail today after the remand order on them expired.

The explosion occurred at 10.15pm as the Penang Gerakan chairperson Dr Teng Hock Nan was giving a ceramah before about 3,000 people.

Following the explosion, a security staff member was injured in the leg and police investigation revealed that the explosion came from an improvised explosive device (IED), believed to be the work of an organised professional group.

- Bernama