Singaporean sustains head, body injuries after defending family from attackers in Johor; one suspect arrested


The attackers set off firecrackers and splashed paint outside the family’s home, and smashed the windows of two cars. -- PHOTO: SCREENGRABS FROM COMMUNITY RODA JOHOR - CRJ/FACEBOOK

SINGAPORE/JOHOR BARU (The Straits Times/ANN): A Singaporean man who accompanied his wife back to her home town in Malaysia to celebrate Chinese New Year was injured, after he fended off attackers who harassed the family.

The wife, 42-year-old hairstylist Ms Fang, told Malaysian Chinese-language newspaper China Press that two men repeatedly harassed her family for three days during the festive season at her home in Kluang, Johor.

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