Thursday February 16, 2006
‘Duck-walk’ incident not a Rela operation
PUTRAJAYA: The incident in which 22 workers of an IT company were made to do a 50m “duck-walk” at Section 30 in Shah Alam last Sunday was not a Rela operation.
“The action was taken by 10 residents who were unhappy with the workers' behaviour since they moved into the area three weeks ago,” Rela director-general Datuk Mahadi Arshad said, adding that police would conduct investigations following a report lodged by the 22 men.
“Coincidentally, three of them were Rela members.”
Mahadi said severe action would be taken against the three Rela members if they were found to have done wrong.
It was reported that the 22 bachelors, comprising mostly factory and contract workers in their 20s, cried foul over the way the Rela members and villagers conducted a raid on their home.
They claimed that they were beaten and forced to do the duck walk around the housing area and apologise to some residents for causing a din.
Eighteen of them lodged police reports on Monday.
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