Malaysian police hunt man who punched pregnant wife, rammed her with motorbike

Malaysian police in Melaka are tracking a 22-year-old man after a video showing him attacking his pregnant wife outside a karaoke centre in Kota Shahbandar went viral on social media.State police chief Deputy Commissioner Dzulkhairi Mukhtar said a report on the incident was lodged by the victim’s mother at 1.17am on Monday.He said preliminary investigations showed that the 20-year-old victim was attacked by her husband in front of a family karaoke centre in Kota Shahbandar at about 4am on Sunday.“Checks on closed-circuit television (CCTV) recordings revealed that the suspect acted aggressively by punching, slapping and pulling the victim’s hair before ramming her head with a motorcycle,” he said on Tuesday.“As a result, the victim sustained soft-tissue injuries to her head and right cheek and was taken by ambulance to Melaka" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="45795" data-entity-type="organization">Hospital Melaka at 4.41am for treatment,” he added.Dzulkhairi said that after receiving treatment, the victim was taken home by her mother to Tanjung Minyak Perdana, after which the latter lodged a police report in an effort to protect her daughter.