E-hailing driver gives statement on alleged assault at Bukit Aman
Police re-investigate e-hailing driver's assault claim
KUALA LUMPUR - The e-hailing driver with disabilities who claimed to have been assaulted by a private bodyguard of a prominent figure in the lobby of a hotel was summoned to give his statement on Wednesday.
The individual arrived at Federal Police Headquarters around 10.45am.
Lawyers from Lawyers for Liberty, including N. Surendran and Latheefa Koya, representing the victim, were also present.
It was reported that the incident occurred on May 28 at a five star hotel in the federal capital.
The e-hailing driver who has been identified in media reports as 46-year-old Ong Ing Keong who is deaf, claimed to have been beaten up by the bodyguard.
The victim lodged a police report following the incident, but later lodged a second one saying the matter had been settled.
Ong claimed his assailant had instructed him to drive off from the location where he was parked temporarily while waiting to pick up a passenger.
He alleged that he was beaten up when he couldn’t understand what the security personnel said.
The driver filed a second police report saying he wants no further action because the matter had been resolved amicably but the move raised further eyebrows.
Just hours after the police announced the case had been closed, the Malaysian Deaf Advocacy and Wellbeing Association (Dawn) issued a statement saying the complainant was mistreated when he was called in to record his statement over his allegation.
