The recent relocation of Penang's most famous flea market - Lorong Kulit - to a carpark a few hundred meters away has allegedly led to squabbles between frustrated traders and Penang Municipal Council officers on duty.

Yesterday, a police inspector who requested anonymity confirmed that a trader has been detained in the Jalan Patani lock-up for purportedly wielding a parang at an officer on duty.

According to witnesses at the site, the fruit seller was angry when he was told by the officer to shift to another location not far away from where he was trading.

The trader had found it difficult to comply to the officer's request as he had already shifted twice over the past few days, albeit unhappily.