KUANTAN: An e-hailing driver has been arrested for allegedly hitting a Chinese national student with a foldable chair after she alighted from his car here.
Kuantan OCPD Asst Comm Wan Mohd Zahari Wan Busu said the 32-year-old suspect was arrested at 7.15pm on Tuesday after he turned up at the district police headquarters here to assist in the investigation.
“Police seized the foldable chair believed to have been used in the incident.
“The incident is believed to have occurred after the suspect heard the victim slamming the car door when he dropped her off at a hotel,” Wan Mohd Zahar said in a statement yesterday, Bernama reported.
He added that the suspect was carrying a card for persons with disabilities (PwD) while the victim is a student at a university in Malaysia.
The investigation is being conducted under Section 324 of the Penal Code, which provides for imprisonment of up to 10 years, a fine or whipping, or two of the penalties, upon conviction.
The 22-year-old student lodged a police report claiming that she suffered injuries to her fingers, hands and face after being hit several times with a foldable chair by an e-hailing driver at 6.20am last Saturday.
The victim said she and a female friend had used the e-hailing vehicle to return to their hotel from a tourist attraction.
