SEREMBAN: A 43-year-old Canadian consultant on a job assignment here escaped serious injury when a group of Mat Rempit attacked him along Jalan Rasah on Saturday night.
Manjit Sokhal from Montreal, who comes here to work at a branch office three to four times annually, was driving his four-wheel drive at about 11pm with three friends from India when a car suddenly pulled up in front.
Some 40 Mat Rempit on motorcycles then surrounded his vehicle.
“When I wound down my window to inquire, one of them punched me. He also hit my face with a helmet,” said Manjit Singh, adding that he was injured in his left eye and mouth.
Manjit Singh said the Mat Rempit then went on to damage his vehicle’s rear lights, wipers and number plates.“It was the most harrowing experience. I was assaulted for no reason,” he said.
Manjit Singh said the motorcyclists warned him to be careful as he was a foreigner.
Manjit Singh claimed that he was not aware what prompted the attack but felt it could be due to his slow speed of 40kph.
He lodged a report at the Seremban Two police station the same night, and also met Rahang assemblyman Datuk Yip Chee Kiong.
Yip urged the police to haul up those responsible, adding that the country’s image was at stake.
The Star, 22/10/07
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