A screengrab taken from the video of the assault.
GEORGE TOWN: Police are unable to arrest blogger Papagomo for allegedly roughing up a foreign worker as the victim cannot be located.
The victim's statement is needed before action can be taken against the blogger, whose real name is Wan Azri Wan Deris, who was caught on video punching, slapping and kicking him last month.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said they had interviewed Wan Azri and asked him to cooperate by leading them to the victim.
"But he has not done so till today," he told a press conference at the Penang police headquarters after witnessing the handover of duties between outgoing state police chief Comm Datuk Seri Abdul Rahim Hanafi and new police chief Comm Datuk Abdul Ghafar Rajab Monday.
He was responding to public comments that the police were too lenient and stressed that legal processes and procedures must be followed.
"We cannot be too emotional. We cannot simply make arrests because somebody was seen being beaten up in a video. This is to ensure fair justice. Be patient. Action will be taken," he said.
It was earlier reported that Papagomo had assaulted a man believed to be a foreign worker in a four-minute video clip that went viral on social media.
Wan Azri claimed that the man had harassed two of his younger sisters and two of their friends.
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