Woman arrested over alleged assault of 2 children at mall

Policing authorities in Kuala Lumpur have detained a woman in connection with the alleged assault of two children at a mall, according to reports from the Dang Wangi police chief Ahmad Azwan Amin. The suspect reportedly admitted to her involvement in the incident and was taken into custody around 5:40pm today in Bandar Sri Damansara, to aid ongoing investigations, as per Bernama.

The woman had been previously reported to the mall's building manager at 7:59pm yesterday, for allegedly harassing customers at the premises, and a parent had also claimed that she pushed and assaulted his two children on the same day, according to Azwan. The case is being examined under Sections 323 of the Penal Code, which deals with voluntarily causing hurt, and Section 506, which covers criminal intimidation.