A 22-second video of the suspect attacking the female driver went viral on TikTok after the incident. PHOTOS: SCREENGRABS FROM BCKUPACC99/X via The Star/Asia News Network
SEREMBAN – The Malaysian police have arrested a man who allegedly attacked a female driver, resulting in injuries after an accident along Jalan Persiaran Senawang 4 in Seremban on the night of March 29.
Seremban OCPD Mohamad Hatta Che Din said the man, 35, was arrested at the Seremban district police headquarters on March 30 afternoon to facilitate investigations for charges of voluntarily causing hurt, as well as committing mischief and thereby causing damage.
“The man is said to have used force on the victim, 28, till she suffered bruising to her right ribs and swelling to the back of her head after the victim, who was driving a car from Mydin Senwang to Senewang could not avoid the suspect’s wife, 34, and daughter, seven, who suddenly crossed from the left side to the right side of the road at about 10:15 pm,” he said in a statement on March 30.
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As a result of the accident, the wife and the daughter suffered minor injuries and were taken to Tuanku Ja’afar Hospital for further treatment, he said, as he reminded the public not to speculate on the incident and advised all pedestrians to be careful when crossing roads.
A 22-second video of the suspect attacking the female driver went viral on TikTok after the incident.
In the video, a man wearing a red shirt can be seen raining blows on a driver of a car stopped in the middle of the road. He then stops to carry a girl who was in front of the car to the side of the road.
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The man then hits the driver, who is wearing a hijab, again before he is stopped by another man.