PETALING JAYA: The senior citizen who was allegedly roughed up by Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) enforcement officers during an operation to capture stray dogs is now under probe for preventing government officials from carrying out their duties.
District police chief Fakhrudin Hamid said they received a report from the enforcement team that the man had closed the gates to his premises with the stray dogs inside when they were carrying out an operation to nab the animals following complaints from the public. “Following his action, the officers were unable to carry out their official duties to catch the stray dogs.“In the scuffle, the man was injured after he was accidentally hit by a rod used to catch stray dogs,” he said in a statement.
An enforcement team member can be seen hitting him with an iron rod used to catch dogs.The incident took place at Taman Kanagapuram, off Jalan Klang Lama, here on Thursday night. Yesterday, Petaling Jaya MP Lee Chean Chun demanded that the MBPJ explain the conduct of its officers captured on camera roughing up the elderly man during an operation to capture stray dogs.
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