Taiping district police chief Osman Mamat said the suspect, a 22-year-old unemployed man, was arrested at the district police headquarters (IPD) compound at 10.45pm yesterday.

“The suspect was remanded for three days from today until Tuesday,” he said in a statement today.

Yesterday, police detected a video clip lasting 62 seconds that had been circulating on Facebook, entitled “Budak OKU lelaki Melayu kena tampar dan dibuli di Taman Tasik Taiping” (“Disabled Malay boy hit and bullied in Taiping Lake Gardens”).

Following that, police opened an investigation paper under Sections 323 and 506 of the Penal Code.

Osman said in the 2am incident, the man had wanted to borrow the 13-year-old victim’s bicycle. The victim was cycling alone in the area at that time.

He added that the victim was reported to be in stable condition and that the investigation was ongoing.