Truckers gather at toll plaza to show support for assaulted driver

The truck drivers lining their vehicles at the toll plaza on Sunday. Starpix/Justine Yeap Lim Jin

KUALA LUMPUR: A group of truck drivers gathered in solidarity at the Sungei Besi toll plaza Sunday for a fellow driver who was assaulted at the Bukit Antarabangsa condominium.

The group from the Small and Medium Scale Entrepreneurs Alliance of Malaysia (Ikhlas) said that their peaceful gathering was to denounce the assault on the driver.

The driver who was assaulted joined in the gathering with the other truckers

The group also urged the police to take prompt action against those responsible for the assault.

The incident on Thursday, which was captured on video, showed five men assaulting two people near the condominium's guardhouse.

So far, police have taken the statements of 15 people in relation to a incident.

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