Umno Youth offers free legal aid to Aruz driver in viral road rage case
KUALA LUMPUR: Umno Youth has offered free legal representation to the Perodua Aruz driver involved in a viral fight with the driver of a Ferrari, should the matter be taken to court.
On the North-South Expressway, a Perodua Aruz driver engaged in a heated confrontation with a Ferrari driver, sparking a viral road rage incident. Umno Youth, the youth wing of the Malaysian United Malays National Organisation, has stepped in to offer the Aruz driver free legal assistance should the matter proceed to court. Umno Youth chief Datuk Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh stated that the group is prepared to provide lawyers at no cost to ensure a fair determination by the courts.
Initially hesitant to get involved, Saleh intervened after witnessing a subsequent video showing the Ferrari driver claiming he was not at fault. The Umno Youth spokesman emphasized that justice should not be contingent on a person's financial status and that the courts should determine the case's merits. Meanwhile, the Ferrari driver's business partner Tiang How Soon, 40, expressed no ill intent and claimed the incident occurred without a collision, proposing an amicable resolution.
Despite this, Nilai district police chief Superintendent Johari Yahya affirmed that the police would continue investigating the incident.
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