Police are appealing to a man who snapped a photo of a dark-skinned man believed to be the ‘acid splasher’ to come forward.
The photo was believed to have taken by the man using his handphone when the acid splasher made his move on the latest victim at a traffic light junction near the Central Market last Friday.
Kuala Lumpur police CID chief Datuk Ku Chin Wah (pic) urged the man to contact him at cwku@rmp.gov.my or occi.kl@gmail.com.
In the incident, the victim, a 26-year-old marketing executive, said a man on a motorcycle had splashed pink liquid on her car as she was driving to work about 7.30am.
The victim, who requested anonymity, said she believed the man resembled the recently-released police photofit of the acid splasher. She also said the suspect was dark-skinned, wore a helmet with the visor down and a white T-shirt.
The suspect had repeatedly knocked on her car window and when she refused to wind down the window, he opened a mineral water bottle and splashed pink liquid on her windscreen and fled.
The victim drove to the nearest petrol station to wash off the liquid.
She claimed a man who witnessed the incident approached her saying he had taken a photo of the incident with his handphone.
Apparently, the man said the image he captured was unclear but promised to transfer the image to his computer once he reached his office and email it to her.
However, the victim is still waiting for his email.
In Selangor, Bernama reported the rumour of new acid splashing incidents in the State was not true.
Selangor police chief Tun Hisan Tun Hamzah said: "I also received a report claiming that there were acid splashing incidents in One Utama and Kota Damansara today, but they were not true."
