Cops probe scuffle at dialogue
> Two reports received on incident at event attended by prime minister
PUTRAJAYA: Police have begun investigations over the scuffle that happened in front of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak on Wednesday at the National Transformation 2050 (TN50) dialogue for artistes.
Putrajaya district police chief ACP Rosly Hassan said two reports have been received, one made by a policeman yesterday after he viewed a video of the incident on social media.
“Although both sides made peace, the police have an obligation to investigate the incident because it has gone viral,” he said.
“If necessary, we will call in both the persons involved in the scuffle. We will also call in eyewitnesses for questioning,” he told a press conference at the police headquarters here yesterday.
The case is being investigated under Section 323 of the Penal Code for voluntarily causing hurt, which provides for a one-year jail sentence or a RM2,000 fine, or both.
Although Rosly did not name the person who made the second report, it is learnt that it was lodged by Mohd Ali Baharom, better known as Ali Tinju. He made the report against Metrowealth Pictures film producer and CEO David Teo at the Wangsa Maju police headquarters.
Ali Tinju alleged that opposition party DAP was to blame for the fracas and that Teo was paid by DAP to create a ruckus at the dialogue with the prime minister.
During the event, Teo was reportedly unhappy with the moderator, actor Datuk Rosyam Nor, for not giving all the participants an equal chance to speak with the guest-of-honour, Najib.
Actor Sulaiman Yassin, better known as Mat Over, who was allegedly angered at the way Teo was speaking, then walked up to him from the audience and tried to slap him.
The pair were quickly separated by security personnel and escorted out, and the programme continued without incident.
Sulaiman and Teo were later brought back into the hall at the end of the session and were called to the stage, where they made peace by shaking hands and hugging each other.
They also shook hands with Najib.
Yesterday, Teo and Sulaiman said they had forgiven each other over the incident. Sulaiman called on all Malaysians to move on.