“Police are committed to holding those responsible for this serious assault to account,” he said. “We believe there will be people in the community who are aware of the identity of the offenders, and we reiterate that they need to come forward and speak to police.” Previously, Sukhminder Singh, a family spokesperson, told
Stuff his friend had received numerous death threats before the assault because of the opinions he shared on his show on Radio Virsa, a Punjabi station run out of Papatoetoe. Harnek Singh also has a YouTube channel with almost 400,000 followers. Sukhminder Singh said it was not the first time Harnek Singh had been assaulted – he claimed there was an assault outside an Auckland restaurant on his birthday in July 2019.