Mob trash, overturn Myvi in Johor after collision with pink light-jumping meals supply rider – 9 arrested thus far

Final Thursday (November 3), a Myvi collided with a meals supply rider on the Jalan Kota Masai 2 cross junction in Johor. It was claimed that the automobile ran the pink lights and the rider suffered from a damaged leg. This was in keeping with an ‘eyewitness’ who solely needed to be generally known as Akmal.

He advised Kosmo that the Myvi driver tried to flee however because the street was blocked, he entered a Petronas station. Then, he was surrounded by a crowd. Shortly after, the police got here and ushered the driving force to security. When he was within the patrol automobile, the driving force provoked the gang, which led to a mob of children trashing the Myvi after which overturning it.

The cops have now took motion in opposition to the mob. In keeping with Seri Alam district police, they’ve now arrested 9 folks aged 16 to 41. All 9 have been remanded for additional investigations.

On November 4, district police chief Mohd Sohaimi Ishak issued an announcement to say that officers have arrested three suspects the morning after the incident for rioting (merusuh). The three native males aged 17 to 24 can be investigated beneath Part 148/427 of the penal code and if discovered responsible, will be jailed for as much as 5 years, given a effective, or each. They may even be investigated beneath Part 43(1) of the 1987 Highway Transport Act.

Mohd Sohaimi suggested the general public to not take issues into their very own fingers and depart it to the police to do their jobs in keeping with the regulation.

Kudos to the cops for taking swift motion. It’s unlucky that as a automobile driver, everytime you get into an incident with a motorcyclist, you’re instantly presumed responsible by all different bikers, which ends up in incidents like this. A mob mentality takes over and also you’ll be fortunate to emerge from it unscathed. Prepared for a plot twist? The Myvi didn’t run the pink lights; it was the supply rider who did so – see the dashcam footage under. We want the rider speedy restoration from his accidents.