Travel agent who allegedly threatened couple in Japan arrested in Sepang
The suspect was arrested following a police report lodged by the victims on Jan 28 after they returned from Japan.
Sepang district police chief Assistant Commissioner Norhizam Bahaman said the suspect is known to the victims through a different travel agency.
"Preliminary investigations showed that the motive behind the incident stemmed from dissatisfaction over the management of bringing tourists to Japan.
"The case is being investigated under Section 506 of the Penal Code for criminal intimidation, which carries a jail term, a fine, or both upon conviction," he said when contacted today.
Norhizam said the suspect was arrested at 5pm yesterday, and a remand application will be made at the Sepang magistrate's court today.
"The investigation papers will be referred to the deputy public prosecutor's office to decide on the next course of action."
He added that the investigation pertains to the case of intimidation that took place in Sepang.
Earlier, the victim, who is also a tour guide, Noornabilla Azemi, 36, claimed she was assaulted, had her head slammed against a bed frame, and received death threats from the suspect.
The incident was reportedly witnessed by her husband at a friend's rented house in Japan on Jan 24.
She said she and her husband were in Japan at the time to handle a group of Malaysian tourists in Tokyo under the assignment of a local travel agency.
"I have known the suspect for two years and had previously been offered work as a tour guide through him.
"However, I did not expect him to resort to violence simply because he was unhappy that I had supposedly entered an area in Japan he considered his territory.
"During the incident, my husband, Mohamad Zhaza Mohamad, 34, along with a Malaysian friend living in Tokyo, was also assaulted," she said.
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