Northeast district police chief ACP Mior Faridalathrash Wahid said the 50-year-old man appeared at the Patani Road police station and was subsequently arrested.
“We can place him under arrest for 24 hours. We have yet to place him under remand,” he said today.
In the 4pm incident yesterday, a man was seen trying to cut open a wheel clamp on his Mercedes-Benz S-Class at a condominium complex in Bukit Gelugor. He was later identified by police as a resident of the condo.
His car was clamped after it was parked for too long at a drop-off waiting lot.
A security guard filmed the man’s attempt to use a big bolt cutter to remove the clamp. It is not known why the man did not seek the management’s help to remove the clamp and where he got the huge bolt cutter.
When the man saw the 43-year-old guard filming him with his handphone, he swiftly approached him with the bolt cutter.
The video stops abruptly with the guard fumbling with his phone and an exchange of words between them.
The guard later lodged a police report claiming he was punched and hit with the cutter. He also sought treatment at the Penang Hospital.
The case is being investigated under the Penal Code for causing hurt.