Parents upset over no action on Umno bully

An Umno official has been implicated in an asault on a 15-year-old schoolboy in Sabah. The police however say the injuries could have been self-inflicted.

KOTA KINABALU: A 15-year-old school boy, who was allegedly bashed-up by an Umno division information chief just outside his school, may not see justice.

A teacher, who went to check on the assault report lodged by the boy’s mother at the Tanjung Aru station two weeks ago, was told that the boy was ‘not assaulted’ and instead had merely injured him by falling into a drain.

The police reaction has sparked fears of a cover-up.

The shocked mother is demanding to know why it’s taking so long to investigate the assault on her son, Louise Ting Chee Fui.

“It has been two weeks since the report was lodged but we have not heard anything regarding the case from the police.

“Why is it taking so long for them to come back to us?

“This is a serious case as it involves a student being assaulted by outsiders and we are afraid this can happen to other students if nothing is done,” she told a local daily here.

Louise was assaulted after he picked up a football that had flown out of the school grounds and hit a passing car.

Local newspapers reported that Louise was a bystander watching some fellow students kicking a football around when a wayward kick saw it fly over the fence and hit a passing Proton Saga.

The motorist, believed to be a local Umno information chief, stepped out of the car and tried to force his way into the school. But the school security personnel stopped him.

But Louise, who was standing outside near the drain where the ball landed had picked up the ball to return it to the players inside the school grounds.

Seeing Louise with the ball enraged the motorist who rained blows on the surprised boy.

Louise suffered a deep cut on his forehead that needed several stitches, severe swelling around his eye and bruises on the left side of his face.

He was later rushed to hospital by concerned teachers.

Since the incidents, students have stopped playing football in the field for fear of being marked by those who attacked Louise.