Employer forces bodyguards to stop fasting, at gunpoint – police
Police have arrested an employer after his bodyguards accused him of beating them and forcing them to stop fasting during Ramadan at gunpoint.
According to Dang Wangi OCPD Mohamad Zainal Abdullah, the incident started on Tuesday night when the 43-year-old suspect confronted his two bodyguards at the lobby of a condominium along Jalan Pinang, Kuala Lumpur...
Police have arrested an employer after his bodyguards accused him of beating them and forcing them to stop fasting during Ramadan at gunpoint.
According to Dang Wangi OCPD Mohamad Zainal Abdullah, the incident started on Tuesday night when the 43-year-old suspect confronted his two bodyguards at the lobby of a condominium along Jalan Pinang, Kuala Lumpur.
He supposedly questioned the bodyguards whether they were fasting that day.
When the reply came back in the affirmative, the suspect allegedly berated the bodyguards and ordered them to follow him home to Batu Nilam, Klang.
“The cause of the incident was that the suspect disliked the fact that the complainant and his partner were fasting for Ramadan and forced them to stop.
“When the complainant refused the order, the suspect was displeased and smacked him once in the head while at Jalan Pinang,” Zainal said, citing preliminary findings of police investigations.
Once in Klang, the duo was supposedly beaten by the employer and a worker with a rattan cane until their backs became bruised.
The suspect is also alleged to have grabbed a pistol belonging to one of the bodyguards, pointed it at the other bodyguard and threatened to kill him.
The bodyguards later received treatment at the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang, while police have arrested the suspect under Sections 323 and 506 of the Penal Code.
According to South Klang OCPD Shamsul Amar Ramli, a total of four arrests were made under the two laws in relation to the incident.
All suspects are expected to be issued remand orders by the Magistrate's Court in Klang this morning.
Section 323 deals with voluntarily causing hurt. If convicted, the offence is punishable by up to a year in jail or a fine up to RM2,000, or both.
Section 506 of the Penal Code punishes criminal intimidation with up to two years' imprisonment or a fine, or both.
However, if the threat is to cause death or grievous injury, the offence is punishable with up to seven years in jail.
Shamsul said the issue is not a racial issue while acknowledging that the employer had made statements that are “insulting to religion”. He warned against abusing social media to stoke racial sentiments.
“Stern action will be taken against any individual acting beyond the boundaries of the law,” he said.
