Umno's Lokman, three others charged with assaulting UM student


KUALA LUMPUR: Umno supreme council member Datuk Lokman Noor Adam and three others have been charged with two counts of assaulting a 23-year-old Universiti Malaya student during a protest staged outside of the university on March 22.

Lokman, 46, Petaling Jaya Umno chief Datuk Abdul Mutalif Abdul Rahim, 48, Umno office clerk Salmon Arif Budiman Muchlis, 48, despatch rider Mohd Norzakifah Mohammed Nawi, 44, and another man still at large, were accused of voluntarily causing hurt to Wong Yan Ke by holding his jaw and pulling his neck from behind.

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