Assaulted elderly man says he's ready to forgive road bully
The elderly man who was beaten by a motorcyclist hands over the matter to the authorities for further action
SHAH ALAM - "I am ready to forgive that young man."
This was what senior citizen Zainoldin Hussin who was beaten up by a motorcyclist near the Padang Jawa bridge, here, last Sunday, said.
The 60-year old said he was ready to forgive and meet with the motorcyclist at any time if the latter wanted to apologise to him.
“I consider the man as someone who is younger than me, someone that is the same age as my son. So, as someone older, I am ready to forgive him for what he did to me.
"However, in terms of the law, I will let the authorities take care of it as I could not interfere (with the law)," he told reporters when met at his house in Padang Jawa on Wednesday.
Zainoldin said he was sad when he saw the various accusations thrown at him regarding the incident.
“To be honest, various allegations were made against me, including some claiming that I had shown the 'middle finger' to the motorcyclist. I would like to state that that did not happen at all.
“During the incident, I was with my wife and a grandchild. As a husband and grandfather, how could I have acted in such a way. That is a slander,” he said.
Sharing about the moment of the incident, Zainoldin admitted that he was unable to do anything when he was hit by the motorcyclist.
"As far as I remember, he kept on hitting me without telling me what I did that made him act in such a way towards me.
"With my condition, as a patient undergoing dialysis, I could only protect my dialysis access which is on my hand to avoid the area from being injured when he was beating me up," he said.
He added that there were also allegations that he had called several individuals to hit the motorcyclist.
“Some claimed that I called several individuals to hit the man, which is not true. At the time of the incident, I could not think of anything, the pain I had to endure was excruciating.
“I have to bear the effects of the assault until now, both physically and emotionally," he said.
On Sunday, a video showing a motorcyclist beating up an elderly man believed to have taken place in Padang Jawa, had went viral in social media.
The motorcyclist is expected to be charged at the Shah Alam court, today (Thursday). Previously, the suspect was remanded for four days to assist police in the investigation into the case.
