Police arrest suspect in Penang road rage attack involving rotan
Following the arrest, the case is considered solved.
Northeast district deputy police chief, Superintendent Lee Swee Sake, said the suspect was picked up at Persiaran Karpal Singh here about 10.15pm yesterday.
"The suspect is a 37-year-old Malaysian.
"We seized the car and rotan used by the suspect in the case," he said in a statement today.
Lee said the suspect has been remanded for a day today to assist in the investigation.
It was reported yesterday that police had identified the driver involved in a viral incident where a car was struck with a rotan along Jalan Lebuh Pantai.
A 25-year-old man lodged a report about the incident.
The victim claimed the incident occurred at 4pm on Friday while he was driving along the road.
The victim's car was hit by a Perodua Myvi driven by the suspect, a local man.
The suspect then got out of the car, picked up a rotan, and struck the rear door of the victim's vehicle.
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