Ong Eu Soon, a vocal critic of the Pakatan Rakyat government, claimed he was physically assaulted by several men wearing the state’s voluntary patrol unit uniforms in Farlim, Penang, last night.
Ong said the incident occurred about 10.45pm while he was attending a Chinese temple dinner held in front of the Farlim market.
“Suddenly, several men wearing the voluntary patrol unit (PPS, Pasukan Patrol Sukarela) approached me and attacked me with their helmets,” Ong stated in a police report lodged at the Bandar Baru police station.
The report was received by CPL Ravesh Nair Prabagaran at 11.05pm last night.
“I was kicked and punched, there are bruises on my body, my eyes are swollen and my spectacles are broken,” he added.
“It was the public who eventually came between us and stopped their attacks,” said Ong, 51, without specifying how many men allegedly attacked him.
Ong immediately lodged a report and called on the police to probe the matter thoroughly and act promptly on his aggressors.
PCM comes to aid
Meanwhile, Parti Cinta Malaysia vice-chairperson Huan Cheng Guan who is assisting Ong in the matter said the state government should disband the PPS if they cannot control the team.
“How come a uniform unit beat people up? I urged police chief Abdul Rahim Hanafi and the Home Ministry to look into this matter seriously,” he told Malaysiakini.
Ong is known for questioning the state government about environmental and development issues, including reclamation exercises, hill slope development, the state’s transportation policies and traffic woes and the feasibility study of the proposed RM3.6 billion undersea tunnel that will link the island to Butterworth.
Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng continues to defend the project, which also includes three connecting highways, saying it was awarded by an open tender to Consortium Zenith BUCG Sdn Bhd.
Ong said the incident occurred about 10.45pm while he was attending a Chinese temple dinner held in front of the Farlim market.
“Suddenly, several men wearing the voluntary patrol unit (PPS, Pasukan Patrol Sukarela) approached me and attacked me with their helmets,” Ong stated in a police report lodged at the Bandar Baru police station.
The report was received by CPL Ravesh Nair Prabagaran at 11.05pm last night.
“I was kicked and punched, there are bruises on my body, my eyes are swollen and my spectacles are broken,” he added.
“It was the public who eventually came between us and stopped their attacks,” said Ong, 51, without specifying how many men allegedly attacked him.
Ong immediately lodged a report and called on the police to probe the matter thoroughly and act promptly on his aggressors.
PCM comes to aid
Meanwhile, Parti Cinta Malaysia vice-chairperson Huan Cheng Guan who is assisting Ong in the matter said the state government should disband the PPS if they cannot control the team.
“How come a uniform unit beat people up? I urged police chief Abdul Rahim Hanafi and the Home Ministry to look into this matter seriously,” he told Malaysiakini.
Ong is known for questioning the state government about environmental and development issues, including reclamation exercises, hill slope development, the state’s transportation policies and traffic woes and the feasibility study of the proposed RM3.6 billion undersea tunnel that will link the island to Butterworth.
Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng continues to defend the project, which also includes three connecting highways, saying it was awarded by an open tender to Consortium Zenith BUCG Sdn Bhd.
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