Police seize sports car over attack
By Toe Wai Aung | Monday, 24 February 2014Police say two men suspected of "brutally" attacking a taxi driver and a passenger with a baseball bat in Yangon in the early hours of February 17 have absconded to Magwe Region.
A Toyota taxi that was damaged by a group of men on Pyay Road in the early hours of February 19. (Supplied/Myanmar Police Force)
Following an investigation police seized a Nissan Fairlady car in Mayangone's Taw Win Cherry Housing at about 2:50pm on February 19. Police are seeking two men who are believed to have fled to Magwe's Pakkoku township.
The two men were allegedly part of a group that forced a taxi to stop near the 6.5-mile bus stop on Pyay Road by surrounding it with their sports cars. The group had been driving adjacent to the taxi along the road at about 1:15am but the motive for the alleged attack is unclear.
One of the taxi's three passengers got out of the car to speak to the young men who had blocked the car and was beaten by an individual with a baseball bat. Four other men beat the taxi driver, who is from Dagon Seikkan township.
While the taxi driver was able to recall the licence number of one of the sports cars, police said the plates were fake. "Children of rich families normally drive those sports cars," an officer from Hlaing township police station said, adding that they were continuing to investigate the incident.
Both of the injured men were later treated at Yangon General Hospital. The taxi driver sustained injuries to his shoulder, hand and head, while the passenger was hurt on the thigh and elbow.
The taxi's bonnet, left side and rear were all badly dented, and nearly all the windows were smashed out.
If located the five men are expected to face four charges.
Translation by Thiri Min Htun
Source: http://www.news.myanmaronlinecentre.com/2014/02/24/police-seize-sports-car-over-attack/
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