Man who allegedly beat bodyguards apologises

PETALING JAYA: The employer who allegedly assaulted his two bodyguards for fasting has apologised for his outburst.

“If what I said to my bodyguards offended anyone, I think I should apologise to all Muslims in the country, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and my two former bodyguards, ” he said in Mandarin outside the Dang Wangi police station.

“I did not intend to insult anyone with what I said, ” he said while in handcuffs and accompanied by two policemen.

He was speaking to reporters outside the station yesterday before being taken away in a police car.

On Wednesday, police received a report about the employer, who

was said to be upset that his two bodyguards were fasting during Ramadan.

The complainant, a 26-year-old bodyguard, told the police that the incident occurred at a condominium in Jalan Pinang.

He claimed that he and a colleague were slapped after telling the employer that they were fasting when he asked them.

The complainant said they then followed the employer to his house in Batu Nilam, Klang, where they were allegedly beaten, threatened and insulted.

He claimed a gun was also pointed at one of them.

South Klang police later arrested four individuals over the case.