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No police probe on David Teo slapping incident

KUALA LUMPUR: Police have not initiated any investigation on the scuffle between actor/comedian Sulaiman Yassin or popularly known as Mat Over which led him to slap film director David Teo.

Putrajaya district police chief Assistant Commissioner Rosly Hassan said this is because no police report was lodged over the incident.

He also adds that both parties have since settled the matter amicably.

The incident took place during the National Transformation (TN50) dialogue session in front of the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak at Seri Perdana, last night.

The incident was sparked when Teo appeared to question the manner Datuk Rosyam Nor, the moderator of the dialogue session was handling the session, which he claimed was not giving an equal chance for everyone to voice their views.

The programme, aired live on Facebook, saw Rosyam chide Teo, who was deemed as being disrespectful towards the prime minister.

Rosyam then gave way to Teo to air his thoughts, and the film director began to recite a poem.

However, before Teo could finish, Sulaiman appeared on the scene and slapped Teo.

The spontaneous incident was immediately brought under control by the security team, and both men were escorted out of the venue.

The video of the incident has subsequently gone viral.

Both Teo and Sulaiman have made peace over the incident at the end of the event after they shook hands and hugged, witnessed by prime minister and Rosyam.

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