GEORGE TOWN: Barisan Nasional (BN) wants the Penang government to guarantee that the assault on a Chinese language newspaper journalist by Voluntary Patrol Team (PPS) members does not recur.
Penang BN political affairs committee chairman Datuk Dr Teng Hock Nan said such incident should not happen as PPS, formed by the Penang government should be responsible for keeping the public safe.
“We want the Penang government to apologise and guarantee the public that such violence does not recur.
“The victim was a journalist who was discharging his duty and responsibility. What happened had raised public concern,” he told reporters at a press conference here yesterday.
Journalist Ang Kean Siang, 32, was hurt after he was assaulted by four men while covering a crime case at an apartment in Jalan Perak here, at about 1.30am.
The Guan Ming Daily journalist was hit in the face and body and had his camera damaged by the men who were unhappy with him for photographing the body of a woman, believed to have fallen from 19th floor of the apartment.
Teng who is also Penang Gerakan chairman said the formation of PPS to support security guards was welcomed but must be provided by law so that its objectives are clear. — Bernama