KUALA LUMPUR: A wireman's kind act of helping a man lift some metal rods led to him being labelled a thief and beaten up until he fainted.
Recounting the incident, Ali Saifuddin Abdul Rahman, 37, said he had just dropped off his son at a kindergarten near Bandar Baru Ampang at around 10am on Oct 11 and gone to a shop in the area for electrical supplies.
“I got off my motorcycle and was looking at some DVDs at a stall when a man in his 40s asked me if I could help carry three metal rods and place them on his shoulder.
“I helped him and then went back to look at the DVDs when a man approached me, grabbed my motorcycle keys and told me to go to a scrap metal shop nearby to discuss' something,” he told The Star.
Ali was led into the shop together with the man he had helped earlier. They were then locked in and accused of theft.
“I denied the accusations but three men armed with iron rods began assaulting us. Despite still wearing my motorcycle helmet, the blows rained on my head caused me to faint.
“When I regained consciousness minutes later, I saw the man whom I had helped earlier covered in blood,” he said.
Police, believed to have been alerted by workers of the scrap metal dealer, arrived at the scene shortly afterwards.
Ali later lodged a police report at the Pandan Indah police station.
Meanwhile it is learnt that the other man suffered serious injuries, including two broken arms, and is in a coma.
He is being treated at Serdang Hospital.
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