Melaka lemang seller nabbed for allegedly assaulting man


MELAKA. A lemang seller has been arrested for assaulting a man who claimed the rice-based delicacy he bought was not properly cooked, in an incident at a roadside stall on Jalan Bukit Beruang Utama near a petrol station here on Friday.

Melaka Tengah district police chief ACP Christopher Patit said that in the 8pm incident on Friday (April 21), the victim, a 61-year-old military veteran, suffered injuries to his left ear and right hand after he was hit with a stick of bamboo. He received treatment for his injuries at Melaka Hospital.

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