Man who punched a woman in condo parking lot detained and charged

KUALA LUMPUR: A 58-year-old man has been detained and charged with assaulting a woman in Desa Petaling.

Cheras OCPD Asst Comm Mohamed Mokhsein Mohamed Zon said the man had assaulted the 27-year-old victim at a parking lot of a condominium in Desa Petaling on Dec 16.

"We believe it was caused by a misunderstanding between the two individuals.

"The suspect was detained the same night and charged the next day under Section 323 of the Penal Code for assault," he said when contacted Friday (Dec 18).

The suspect, who runs a restaurant, has since been convicted and fined RM2,000 for the offence, he added.

A Facebook post, purportedly from the victim detailing how she was scared for her life during the ordeal, has gone viral.

She claimed that she had honked at the suspect as he was blocking her from her parking spot at the condominium.

The victim alleged that the suspect had got angry and berated her before punching her in her face.

She told her father about the incident before alerting the police.

She also wrote that her father exchanged angry words with the suspect before the cops came and detained the suspect.

The victim went for a medical checkup that cleared her of any concussion from the assault.