PETALING JAYA: Police have recorded a statement from a woman who was slapped by her husband in public in an incident which went viral recently.
Sepang District Police Chief, Asst Comm Norhizam Bahaman, said that the woman's statement was recorded at the Sepang District Police Headquarters (IPD) at 8pm last Monday.
He added that investigations are still ongoing, and the police are actively tracking down the victim’s husband.
"It is understood that after the incident, the man took his wife and child to stay in Nilai for the night before sending them home.
"However, the victim’s husband has since left the house again and has yet to return," he told Sinar Harian when contacted on Wednesday (Jan 30).
On Monday, it was reported that the police had received a complaint lodged by the victim's younger sibling.
The complainant confirmed that the assaulted woman was her 35-year-old elder sister, while the perpetrator was her husband, who is in his 50s.
The case is being investigated under Section 323 of the Penal Code and Section 18 of the Domestic Violence Act 1994.
Earlier, a 29-second video went viral, showing a woman walking out of a shopping centre carrying a plastic bag before a man approached her and slapped her in public.
