(NST) - A 31-year-old man was slashed on the back of the head after a quarrel over the placing of a political party flag and banner at Kampung Batu 5 1/2, Jalan Bendang Nyior here, yesterday.
Mohd Dasuki Yusoff said he had scouted for a place to hang a Barisan Nasional flag and banner at a bridge, near his village, at 6:45pm when a car with three occupants in it stopped.
“I questioned their reason for not allowing me to put them up there. One of them then came out of the car and approached me. I hit him on the face and he fell down. His friends tried to help him, but I warned them against getting involved.”
Dasuki said he went back to his house about 500m away and a youth riding a motorcycle came 10 minutes later and scolded him over the earlier incident.
He said they became involved in a quarreled and the youth suddenly took out a parang from his motorcycle and slashed him on the back of the head.
Dasuki said his uncle, who witnessed the incident, took him to Tanah Merah Hospital where he received six stitches.
District police chief Deputy Superintendent Abdul Aziz Mahmud confirmed receiving a report on the incident and said the youth involved had surrendered to the police yesterday morning.
“I questioned their reason for not allowing me to put them up there. One of them then came out of the car and approached me. I hit him on the face and he fell down. His friends tried to help him, but I warned them against getting involved.”
Dasuki said he went back to his house about 500m away and a youth riding a motorcycle came 10 minutes later and scolded him over the earlier incident.
He said they became involved in a quarreled and the youth suddenly took out a parang from his motorcycle and slashed him on the back of the head.
Dasuki said his uncle, who witnessed the incident, took him to Tanah Merah Hospital where he received six stitches.
District police chief Deputy Superintendent Abdul Aziz Mahmud confirmed receiving a report on the incident and said the youth involved had surrendered to the police yesterday morning.
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