Mocking of disabled – 5 summoned by cops

Mocking of disabled – 5 summoned by cops

Sentul police chief Beh Eng Lai says three women and two men in their 30s have given their statements.

Screen grabs from one of the videos show two women pretending to be persons with disabilities so that they can use the toilet for the disabled at a petrol station. (Ras Adiba Radzi Facebook pic)
KUALA LUMPUR:
Three women and two men, all in their 30s, have given statements to police over two videos that went viral on Wednesday showing insulting remarks about persons with disabilities (PwD).

Sentul police chief Beh Eng Lai said the five people came to have their statements recorded at about 2pm at the Sentul police headquarters and completed giving their statements at 8pm.

Last Thursday, OKU Sentral president senator Ras Adiba Radzi lodged a police report against the individuals for insulting the PwD, although they had publicly apologised.

In a recent viral video clip, two youths were seen to have bragged about having successfully secured a parking spot for the disabled by pretending to be one.

After being deluged with negative comments from netizens, the two youths came out with another video in which they publicly apologised to the PwD community.

In another video, two women were seen belittling the PwD while using the toilet for the disabled at a petrol station.

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