JOHOR BARU: The suspects involved in the road rage incident at the Second Link recently have been identified.
Iskandar Puteri OCPD Asst Comm Rahmat Ariffin said the two suspects in the incident that had since gone viral were believed to be Singaporeans.
“Yes, we have identified the suspects and based on initial investigations, we believe that they are Singaporeans.
“The case is still under investigation. We are also working with our counterparts in Singapore to find the two suspects,” he told The Star.
He noted that the two suspects were believed to have returned to the republic.
Videos of the incident can be easily found, with ample footage showing the suspects’ red Singapore-registered sedan.
Earlier, ACP Rahmat said police were tracking down the two suspects involved in the road rage incident that took place near the Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) on Saturday morning.
“During the incident, the victims, who were in a multi-purpose vehicle, scraped the suspects’ car while changing lanes.
“The suspects, who were in a red sedan, stopped their vehicle. Two people, a man and a woman, came out of it.
“The man then shouted vulgar words and made obscene gestures at the victims while the woman yanked out the victims’ car plate before throwing it at the windscreen of the car,” he said.
ACP Rahmat said no one was hurt during the incident and that the case was being investigated under Section 427 of the Penal Code for committing mischief.
Meanwhile, one of the suspects had allegedly spoken to a Singapore Chinese daily, explaining her side of the story.
According to the report, the woman in the video had contacted the daily on Sunday night, saying that the videos being circulated did not paint the full picture of the situation.
The woman, who was not named, claimed that the driver of the multi-purpose vehicle had provoked her and her son first.
She said that the car behind them was trying to cut the queue, but her son, who was driving at that time, was reluctant to give way as he noticed that the car had cut the line earlier.
She claimed that the driver still insisted on cutting into the line, causing her car to be scraped.
When she and her son went to check on the condition of their car, the man in the other car shouted profanities at them and even challenged her son to a fight.
The woman said that she then tried to communicate with the driver, but the man refused to hear her, prompting her to stand in front of the car.
She said that the car continued to move despite her standing right in front of it.
She later realised that this had caused her to suffer some bruises on her knees, and in her pain and anger, she decided to pull out the licence plate of the car and throw it at the windshield.
