Pahang police submit investigation papers in alleged royal assault probe
Pahang police chief Datuk Seri Yahaya Othman said investigations were completed in accordance with A-GC instructions and submitted on June 23.
"The investigation papers were initially submitted to federal police and the A-GC on June 18.
"They were later returned with instructions to carry out several additional steps.
"We have since complied and resubmitted the papers last week.
"We are now awaiting further directives," he told reporters at a press conference at the Kuantan district police headquarters today.
Yahaya said statements from 14 witnesses, including the trader, had been recorded, and no weapons were seized during the investigation.
The assault incident came to light after a police report went viral on June 13, alleging that a 30-year-old trader was assaulted by a bodyguard and stabbed by a royal figure.
The trader is said to have sustained injuries and lodged a police report on June 5.
The case is being investigated under Section 324 of the Penal Code for voluntarily causing hurt with a weapon, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years' imprisonment, a fine, whipping, or any combination thereof upon conviction.
On June 20, Wan Mohd Zahari said three men detained to assist in the investigation into the nightclub incident in May had been released on police bail.
Barely a year ago, a member of the Pahang royal family was among five individuals jointly charged in a separate case for allegedly assaulting a 44-year-old man with a knife in Kuantan.
Earlier, Yahaya witnessed the handover of duties involving Kuantan deputy police chief Superintendent Mohd Adli Mat Daud, who has been appointed acting district police chief, taking over from Assistant Commissioner Wan Mohd Zahari Wan Busu, who will assume his new role at the Perak Internal Security and Public Order Department tomorrow.
Superintendent Wan Aedil Wan Abdullah has been appointed as the new Pahang Commercial Crime Investigation Department head.
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