KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 13 (Bernama) — Police have confirmed that the son of a former minister was assaulted at a shopping mall in Putrajaya, here this afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Selangor police chief Datuk Shazeli Kahar said the incident is believed to have occurred at 2 pm at the mall\u2019s pick-up and drop-off area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe incident occurred when the victim was reportedly with his mother and their driver,\u201d he told Bernama when contacted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shazeli said the boy is undergoing further examination at a hospital in Selangor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said investigations are ongoing, adding that police are also reviewing the closed-circuit television footage from the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, former Economy Minister Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli confirmed that the incident involved his son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAround 1.45 pm, as my son and wife were getting into the car to leave a shopping mall in Putrajaya, a man grabbed him and pricked him with a syringe,\u201d he said in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said the assault involved two men on a motorcycle, clad in black attire and helmets, who he claimed had been following his wife\u2019s car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy son has been taken to UPM (Universiti Putra Malaysia) Hospital for treatment. The police were also at the scene immediately after the incident. My family and I have given statements to the police,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rafizi said in all his years in politics, his family has never experienced an ordeal like this before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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