KUALA LUMPUR: The infamous “serial kicker”, so called because he has a habit of kicking people at the pedestrian bridge near Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), was arrested again yesterday.
The 34-year-old man was nabbed while alone at a bus station in Jalan Ipoh after a police report was lodged against him on Monday. He had, on that day, kicked a BNM analyst.
City police chief Datuk Mazlan Lazim said investigators believe the man had gone on his kicking “spree” because he was not satisfied with BNM staff during his dealings with them in the past.
“We are not sure if the man has a mental illness or not, but we found that he is temperamental, which we believe led him to commit the crime. (However), checks on his record showed the man had previous counts of criminal conduct involving criminal intimidation, vandalism and causing hurt,” he told reporters at the Cheras police headquarters today.
The man had previously been arrested for the same offence. He was convicted and served a prison sentence, then was released in July.
A year earlier, the man caused an uproar among Netizens when several video clips of him kicking a woman went viral on social media.
Police, said Mazlan, were investigating the case under Section 325 of the Penal Code for causing hurt.