GEORGE TOWN: Police arrested a man, believed to have hit and pushed his wife out of a car at Jalan Magazine, here, Saturday.
A video of the incident had also gone viral in the social media since Saturday, where the victim's leg was seen dangling out from the opened door of the front passenger seat, and her screams could also be heard in the recording.
The video showed the car stopped at the end of Jalan Lim Chwee Leong where the victim was then pushed out from the car by her husband and was left on the road.
Northeast district police chief Assistant Commissioner Soffian Santong said police had received a report from the 26-year-old woman, who is a factory worker, before detaining a 31-year-old suspect, at 12.15 am at Jalan Patani, here.
"In the 7.45 pm incident, the victim was in a Suzuki Swift, driven by her husband (suspect) and while moving along Jalan Magazine, an argument erupted," he said in a statement, here, today.
He said the victim suffered light injuries on the face and mouth in the assault by suspect and was assisted by passersby. The couple has one child.
"Police also seized the car and investigations revealed that suspect who is unemployed and has past criminal records on drugs, was however tested negative," he said.
The man was remanded and the case is being investigated under Section 323 of the Penal Code and Section 18 of the Domestic Violence Act 1997.
