Kuala Lumpur’s busy LDP highway was the scene of a dramatic event yesterday morning when a young woman suddenly exited a taxi, ran towards a nearby traffic police officer, and asked to be rescued.
Woman exits taxi on LDP, rushes to policeman asking to be rescuedhttps://t.co/mMTt5ow0mz
— New Straits Times (@NST_Online) October 11, 2018
Sensing the woman was in deep distress, and seeing her badly bruised body, the officer called for an ambulance to send her to the nearby Sungai Buloh Hospital.
A New Straits Times reader managed to capture the dramatic events on camera, and shared the images with the daily:
While her full story is not yet known, authorities can reveal that she is a 32-year-old Vietnamese national who is married to a Malaysian, with one child. Medical checks found bruises both new and old on her body, and also that the victim is 14-weeks pregnant.
Hailing the taxi in the Puchong neighborhood of the city, she did not tell the driver where she wanted to go. Spotting a nearby police vehicle, she bolted from the car and ran towards the authorities; however, she has not given police any statement yet, as she will not speak.
Investigators will today meet with the woman and a Vietnamese translator provided by the country’s embassy.
