GEORGE TOWN, Jun 8 – Police detain three men to help in the investigation over the assault of an Uber driver by a group of men after he allegedly outraged the modesty of a Vietnamese woman in Paya Terubung, here, on Tuesday. Timur Laut District Police chief, ACP Anuar Omar said the three men, aged 29 to 40 years, including the woman’s husband, were detained separately around Paya Terubung and Air Itam yesterday.
“The 29-year-old Uber driver was also detained, and all are remanded four days from today,” he said here today. He said police received two reports of the incident, namely, from the Vietnamese woman, who claimed her modesty was outraged, and the Uber driver, who denied he had violated his customer.
Police also seized several cellphones from the Uber driver and the woman’s husband for investigation, he added. Meanwhile, Penang CID chief SAC Zainol Samah, when contacted by Bernama, said police also arrested the woman, 43, to help in the investigation of the case and also seized her cell-phone which was purportedly used to record the incident.
He said police had also identified several other men who were involved in the assault and ordered them to surrender, adding the police had also taken down the statements of several parties and witnesses to the incident and believed the case could be solved soon.
An Uber driver was injured on the head, hand and left leg after being set upon by more than 10 men after allegedly outraging the modesty of his Vietnamese woman passenger. In the incident at 3.30pm on Tuesday, the driver was said to have exposed himself and pulled the woman’s hand to his penis when sending her to Argyll Road, Georgetown from Lintang Paya Terubung. — Bernama
