The senior citizen who was allegedly beaten by a Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) officer during a stray dog-capturing operation last week will be charged in court on Friday.
According to Petaling Jaya police chief Fakhrudin Hamid (above), the 69-year-old will be charged in the PJ magistrate's court under Section 186 of the Penal Code, for obstructing a civil servant in the discharge of his/her public functions.
If convicted, the man can be jailed for up to two years, fined a maximum of RM10,000, or both.
According to Fakhrudin, no charge will be filed against the officer who was alleged to have beaten the elderly man during the incident.
The man had reportedly tried to stop two MBPJ officers from capturing what he claimed were his pet dogs, at Taman Kanagapuram in PJ last week.
In the process, the man alleged that he was hit on the left side of his face with the dog-catching rod of one of the officers.
He was then investigated for obstructing government officials from carrying out their duties.
Meanwhile, Petaling Jaya mayor Mohammad Azhan Md Amir refused to comment on the issue.
“It’s a police investigation, so we will let them handle the case,” he told a press conference at Taman Sri Manja. - Mkini
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