Three DBKL officers temporarily suspended

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Three Kuala Lumpur City Hall enforcement officers involved in an altercation with a balloon vendor on Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman on Friday (March 28) have been temporarily relieved of their duties.  In a statement on Sunday, (March 30), Kuala Lumpur Mayor Datuk Seri Dr Maimunah Mohd Sharif said the decision was to enable DBKL and the Royal Malaysia Police to conduct an independent, transparent and thorough investigation.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/4mx8jk4j   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Three Kuala Lumpur City Hall DBKL enforcement officers involved in an altercation with a

00:08balloon vendor on Jalan Twangku Abdul Rahman last Friday have been temporarily relieved

00:13of their duties.

00:15In a statement on Sunday, Kuala Lumpur Mayor Datuk Sri Dr Maimunah Mohamad Sharif said

00:20the decision was to enable DBKL and the Royal Malaysia Police to conduct an independent,

00:26transparent and thorough investigation.

00:29She said the matter was also discussed with the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department,

00:34Federal Territories, Datuk Sri Dr Zaliha Mustafa.

00:39She also said Kuala Lumpur City Hall views this incident seriously and will not compromise

00:45on any misconduct by its personnel if proven guilty.

00:49A video of the altercation recently went viral on social media, drawing widespread public

00:54reaction.

00:56It is said the 28-year-old balloon vendor, Mohamad Zaimuddin Azlan, is receiving treatment

01:01at a public hospital.

01:03Initially, it was said that the incident occurred after the vendor refused to cooperate and

01:08comply with enforcement directives, in addition to allegedly acting aggressively toward the

01:14officers on duty.

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