Syed Saddiq: Papagomo’s attack caused a ‘soft tissue injury’


UMNO Youth member Wan Muhammad Azri Wan Deris (left), better known as Papagomo, and Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman (right), at the Kajang Magistrate Court on Wednesday (Nov 6). - Bernama

KAJANG (Bernama): Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman told the Magistrate's Court here Wednesday (Nov 6) that UMNO Youth member Wan Muhammad Azri Wan Deris, better known as Papagomo, had grabbed him by his left shoulder and neck - causing “soft tissue injury” - before saying the words “kau bodoh (you are stupid)” in his ears, during an incident in February this year.

Recounting the incident on nomination day for the Semenyih state by-election, Syed Saddiq, 26, said he and three of his officers, namely Mohd Aizad Roslan, 38, acting Sgt Mohd Amin Bacho, 41, and Ahmad Redzuan Mohamed Shafi, 29, were walking towards his car parked outside the nomination centre.

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