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GEORGE TOWN: Police arrested a 31-year-old unemployed man believed to have pushed his wife out of the car after a heated argument on Dr Lim Chwee Leong Road.
In a viral video on social media, the couple was seen fighting in a moving car, causing the wife to nearly fall out of the car.
George Town OCPD Asst Comm Soffian Santong said the 26-year-old wife is a factory worker and the couple have a son.
It added that the victim was with her husband, who was driving down Magazine Road in George Town on Saturday (August 29) when the discussion took place.
ACP Soffian said that after the discussion, the door on the passenger seat was open, causing the victim to nearly fall out of the car.
“When they reached the end of Dr Lim Chwee Leong Road, the victim’s husband immediately pushed the victim out of the car and left her on the road.
“The public assisted the victim and communicated with the police, and the victim sustained minor injuries to her face and mouth as a result of being beaten by her husband.
“The cause of the fight was due to family problems,” he said in a statement on Sunday (August 30).
ACP Soffian added that the victim arrived at the police station at 10 pm on Saturday to make a police report.
“Police arrested the suspect near Pattani Road around 12:15 am on Sunday (August 30) and impounded the car he was driving.
“The suspect has a drug-related criminal record. The suspect’s initial screening test came back negative, ”he said.
The case will be investigated under Section 323 of the Penal Code for causing harm and Section 18 of the Domestic Violence Act of 1997.
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