Malaysia
Johor Sultan says forgives foreigners who alleged they were beaten up
KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 — The Johor Sultan said today that he has forgiven four Singapore-based expatriates involved recently in a fracas with royal bodyguards on the resort island of Rawa."We welcome foreigners to the state but they must respect our laws," Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar told reporters in Johor Bahru today.
Speaking at Istana Pasir Pelangi, Sultan Ibrahim said foreigners have to respect local laws, and the same applied to locals visiting other countries.
The Sultan (picture) said he forgave those involved in the incident and hoped they would return for holidays.
The four expatriates had alleged that they were attacked by royal bodyguards while on holiday in the Johor island.
Singapore’s The Straits Times reported that the men were “brutally assaulted” within hours of arriving at Alang’s Rawa resort on Pulau Rawa, the second attack in seven years on the island with alleged links to Malaysian royalty.
Palace security officials today said the foreigners had used vulgar words while "showing the middle finger".
The foreigners were also accused of being intoxicated during the incident on Friday night, according to a report in The Star today.
In giving their version of the brawl on the tourist resort island, palace and security officials said one of the foreigners trespassed onto a powerboat belonging to the Sultan of Johor berthed at the jetty and tried to choke a crew member who tried to prevent him from boarding.
The brawl then ended with at least two of the expatriates injured.
The Straits Times in Singapore had yesterday reported that the men were “brutally assaulted” within hours of arriving at Alang’s Rawa resort on Pulau Rawa, the second attack in seven years on the island with alleged links to Malaysian royalty.
According to the daily, the attack at the resort island left a 28-year-old British man covered with injuries and his German friend in intensive care with bleeding in his brain.
“They grabbed my arm, surrounded me, and kicked me in my genitalia to disable me first, then the onslaught just happened,” the man, who spoke on condition of anonymity, was quoted as saying by The Straits Times.
The holidaymaker said he and his three friends, all in their 20s, were having dinner on Friday night when a Malaysian VIP arrived with “a lot of security” and “they started playing hip-hop music.”
According to the newspaper, the two victims were invited over for drinks including shots of tequila with the VIP, also in his 20s, and his cousin.
“He was friendly all along and showed no hostility at all. My friend was in mid-conversation with the VIP and his cousin when this aggressive-looking guy just slapped him out of nowhere.
“I don’t know what the nature of the conversation was, I was at the other end of the table, but there was something that was said that wasn’t ‘correct’,” he said.
According to the Brit, the German was followed to the bathroom by the bodyguards.
“I went to see what was going on, but got pushed out of the bathroom. I don’t know what happened in there, but he ran out like a bullet... through the bar and out onto the beach then into the forested area, and they chased him down,” he said.
He added that the remaining men then turned on him before he dashed into the sea, swimming back to shore only after the attackers had left.
He said he then returned to his room and alerted his other friends, but the attackers had caught up with the German man on another part of the island.
The foreigners were asked to leave the island after settling the bill and later lodged a report with the Singapore police and complained to their respective embassies.
However, the security officials disputed the foreigners’ account, said The Star Online report.
They said the foreigners had rudely interrupted members of the royal family and their guests dining at the resort at about 11pm.
They said one of them even approached a member of the royal family and asked if he was a royalty before sticking up his middle finger.
“After showing the finger, the man shouted vulgar words at the royalty.
“This made everyone there angry and there was a brawl,” one security official was quoted as saying.
The officials said a bodyguard who witnessed the insult confronted the foreigners and that led to a fight.
They said a foreigner injured himself after stepping on a coral and was treated by a doctor in the royal entourage, according to the report.
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Comment (1)
THE TRUTH NOTHING THAN THE TRUTH--------------
BUT ONE SIMPLE LOGIC---A GANG OF BODY GUARDS THAT ALREADY KNOWN AS JOHOREANS AS FIERCE, AND ALWAYS SHOW POWER---PUNCHING 2 PITY FOREIGN TOURISTS, SHOULD BE CHARGED IN COURT FOR ------TRY TO TAKE THE LIFES OF 2!
JUST SIMPLE LOGIC- THESE INVOLVED BODY GUARDS, AND ROYAL FAMILY
JUST SIMPLE LOGIC!!!!
YOU JUST
LIKE--CSI MIAMI----
THE SCENE OF CRIMINAL IS LIKE THIS:
A GANG OF CRAZY-ACTED OR ALREADY IN CRAZY MANNER MEN ...CHASING ...
CHASING ...
2 MON CHA CHA TOURISTS RUNNIBG FOR LIFE,,,,,,,
FLASH BACK........
ONE TOURIST WAS BROUGHT TO TOILET...................
HE RAN LIKE BULLET......................
JUMP INTO SEA
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THE WHOLE GANG IS SEARCHING...........WITH GUNS? STICKS? .........
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CAMERA BACK TO THE FACE OF ONE TOURIST IN SEA WATER...HIS FACE PALE,,,,,,,,,
HE BREATHS DEEPS..................SWIM LIKE RUN FROM HELL..........
IF YOU ARE CSI MIAMI, NEW YORK, WHAT IS THE LOGIC???
IN WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES----------
THE CAMERA BACK TO THE HEAD OF CSI MIAMI---------
THEY ANALYST THE SITUATION--------------THESE 2 MEN ARE RUN FOR LIFE-----
THEIR LIFE ARE THREATHENING...........AND WILL SOONER, LATER BE CORPSE............
CSI HEADS OF MIAMI.....
CAMERA SHOWING HIM DRIVE A CAR...................HE KNOW WHAT TO DO..............
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SURE THE WHOLE GANG MUST BE ARRESTEDLAH!
JUST SIMPLE LOGIC AS THIS----DON'T KNOW, CALL CSI MIAMI!!!!
CSI NEW YORK, CAN HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!,
CSI TEAM MEMBERS ARRIVED....................
THE CAMERA ROLLS......................
ALL GUNS, STICKS, ALL ARE BROUGHT IN THE CAR..................
CSI HEAD SPOKE:
WITH SUCH A GANG TO CHASE 2 MON CHA CHA, IN AN ISLAND...................
hE SPOKE:" THEY ACTED LIKE GOD IN HANDS................NO MAN ISLAND???"
THIS CSI EPISODE IS CALLED NO MAN ISLAND IN MALAYSIA.
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NO COMMENT ON THIS WALL PLS.
BECAUSE THE GUN WILL TURN TO INNOCENT---AS THIS IS BOLEHLAND!
SO, PLS DO NOT COMMENT HERE.