GEORGE TOWN: Three more men have been arrested in connection with the assault of an Uber driver at Lintang Paya Terubong, Penang, earlier this week.
Northeast District Police Chief Assistant Commissioner Anuar Omar said the three men, aged between 28 and 32, were among the 10 who had attacked the Uber driver, whom they had accused of sexually harassing a Vietnamese woman.
“Upon questioning, all three men admitted that they were involved in the riot.
“They will be remanded together with the 43-year-old Vietnamese woman from tomorrow onwards,” he said in a statement today.
Two of the men had a record for drug-related offences.
The trio will be remanded under Section 148 of the Penal Code.
According to reports, the woman had hired the Uber driver to pick her up from Lintang Paya Terubong to Jalan Argyll on Tuesday at 4pm.
The woman had claimed that during the trip, the driver had stopped the car, showed his private parts and made her touch it.
The woman later related the alleged incident to her husband.
The next day, the husband managed to locate the driver near the same spot where he had picked up his wife.
The driver was then assaulted by 10 people.
The case has since garnered intense attention on social media, with opinion split over the issue.