{"id":4946,"date":"2018-12-27T12:16:08","date_gmt":"2018-12-27T04:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.0.5.12\/nnn\/?p=4946"},"modified":"2019-01-30T17:13:50","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T09:13:50","slug":"7-arrested-in-malaysia-over-brawl-sparked-by-price-of-nasi-lemak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=4946","title":{"rendered":"7 arrested in Malaysia over brawl sparked by price of nasi lemak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"670\" height=\"377\" src=\"http:\/\/10.0.5.12\/nnn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/malaysia-nasi-lemak-brawl-viral-video.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4954\" srcset=\"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/malaysia-nasi-lemak-brawl-viral-video.jpg 670w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/malaysia-nasi-lemak-brawl-viral-video-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/malaysia-nasi-lemak-brawl-viral-video-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><figcaption> <br>Footage of the brawl at the&nbsp;Gambang Rest and Recreational (R&amp;R) area went viral on social media. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>KUANTAN: Malaysian police said on Wednesday (Dec 26) they have detained seven men to assist in investigations into a brawl supposedly sparked by the price of nasi lemak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kuantan district police chief Mohamad Noor Yusof Ali said that the suspects, aged between 32 and 44, included a bus driver and a man who later tested positive for drugs.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fight allegedly happened in the wee hours of Monday morning at the Gambang rest and recreational area along East Coast Highway.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mohamad Noor said that according to a police report filed by a stall owner at the rest stop, the fight&nbsp;originated from a quarrel between the&nbsp;bus driver and several shop assistants over the price of nasi lemak.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;He claimed that his employees were assaulted after asking the bus driver to pay another RM1&nbsp;(US$0.25) to cover the price of nasi lemak that was sold for RM2,&#8221; said Mohamad Noor.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"670\" height=\"377\" src=\"http:\/\/10.0.5.12\/nnn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/malaysia-nasi-lemak-brawl-gambang.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4950\" srcset=\"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/malaysia-nasi-lemak-brawl-gambang.jpg 670w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/malaysia-nasi-lemak-brawl-gambang-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/malaysia-nasi-lemak-brawl-gambang-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><figcaption> <br>Seven men,&nbsp;aged between 32 and 44, were detained to assist in investigations. Photo courtesy of Bernama<br><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The stall owner claimed that&nbsp;his assistants had been slapped,&nbsp;strangled and kicked by the bus driver. However, he did not want any action to be taken against the bus driver as the employees&#8217; injuries were not serious, Mohamad Noor added.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the bus driver also lodged a report in Kuala Terengganu on Tuesday afternoon, claiming&nbsp;to have been beaten by several unidentified men that&nbsp;he believed were associated with the shop assistants.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A widely circulated video purportedly of the clash shows a man, believed to be the bus driver, being surrounded and taunted by at least three others, who later came at him from different directions, throwing punches and kicks.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mohamad Noor said, however, that the two shop assistants&nbsp;claimed ignorance of the incident and that they did not recognise the men in the video. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bernama<br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUANTAN: Malaysian police said on Wednesday (Dec 26) they have detained seven men to assist in investigations into a brawl supposedly sparked by the price of nasi lemak. Kuantan district police chief Mohamad Noor Yusof Ali said that the suspects, aged between 32 and 44, included a bus driver and a man who later tested [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":4950,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[215,288],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4946"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}