Published on: Friday, January 22, 2021
By: Bernama
Tan (left) with his acquaintance Ang Mow Loong (right) at the Magistrate’s Court.
PETALING JAYA: Two company directors including a Datuk Thursday pleaded guilty in the Magistrate’s Court here to disturbing and assaulting customers and workers at a restaurant in Tropicana Avenue in Damansara here this month, in a case which went viral on social media.
Datuk Tan Wai Khan, 42, and his friend Ang Mow Loong, 40, pleaded guilty to several charges which were read out before Magistrate Nurshahira Abd Salim. Nurshahira then fixed April 2 for sentencing.
They were accused of voluntarily causing hurt to Kwan Pei Choong, 31, at the restaurant at 9 pm on Jan 12, a charge under Section 323 read together with Section 34 of the Penal Code, which provides for up to one year’s jail or a maximum fine of RM2,000, or both, on conviction.
PETALING JAYA: Two company directors, including a Datuk who was caught on a viral video assaulting a young couple, have pleaded guilty at a Magistrate s Court here to assaulting and causing public nuisance at a steamboat restaurant in Persiaran Tropicana.
Datuk Tan Wai Khan, 42, and Ang Mow Loong, 40, made the plea after the charges were read out before magistrate Nurshahira Abd Salim here on Thursday (Jan 21).
The court, however, fixed April 2 for hearing of statement of facts and sentencing.
According to the first charge, Tan and Ang were jointly accused of voluntarily causing harm by hitting Kwan Pei Chong, 31, at Restoran Steamboat TST, Tropicana Avenue, Damansara, at 9pm on Jan 12.
PETALING JAYA (Jan 21): Two company directors including a Datuk today pleaded guilty in the Magistrate’s Court here to disturbing and assaulting customers and workers at a restaurant in Tropicana Avenue in Damansara here this month, in a case which went viral on social media.
Datuk Tan Wai Khan, 42, and his friend Ang Mow Loong, 40, pleaded guilty to several charges which were read out before Magistrate Nurshahira Abd Salim. Nurshahira then fixed April 2 for sentencing.
They were accused of voluntarily causing hurt to Kwan Pei Choong, 31, at the restaurant at 9pm on Jan 12, a charge under Section 323 read together with Section 34 of the Penal Code, which provides for up to one year’s jail or a maximum fine of RM2,000, or both, on conviction.
Saying sorry does not cut it, says criminologist 20 Jan 2021 / 15:00 H.
PETALING JAYA: Someone who slaps a person in public and then apologises for the incident should not be allowed to get away with it, said criminologist Datuk Seri Akhbar Satar.
He said the courts should not give the man any sympathy and punish him accordingly for the offences he committed.
“His apology should be ignored. Firstly, because someone like him will do it again if he is not punished. He also needs to learn that just because he has power, authority and a title, it does not mean he can use it negatively. He should reflect himself positively as people expect those with titles to be better,” Akhbar told