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Police seek ‘Datuk’ in PJ restaurant assault case

Female customer also slapped in Tropicana Avenue incident last Tuesday

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 14 Jan 2021 2:45PM

Police seek ‘Datuk’ in PJ restaurant assault case

KUALA LUMPUR – Police are hunting for a "Datuk" believed to have been involved in an assault on a restaurant customer at Tropicana Avenue, Petaling Jaya, last Tuesday.

In the 8.30pm incident, the suspect is believed to have hit a man after urging him to be quiet.

Petaling Jaya district police head Nik Ezanee Mohd Faisal said the man also slapped another female customer before leaving the restaurant.

"We received a report on the incident from the victim, who works as a manager, and efforts to track the suspect are ongoing," he said today.

The incident had also gone viral on social media recently. – Bernama, January 14, 2021

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