GEORGE TOWN, Jan 16 — A Penang City Council (MBPP) enforcement personnel has lodged a police report against a taxi driver for preventing him to carry out his duty.

Northeast District Police chief ACP Mior Faridalatrash Wahid said in the incident at Persiaran Gurney here at 8.30pm last night, the personnel aged 28 was with two other colleagues.

“The personnel found that there were too many cars at the roadside causing traffic congestion so he and his two colleagues proceeded to clamp the tyres of cars that were parked indiscriminately.

“He came to a taxi which had double parked and told the driver to move the vehicle but the latter refused,” he said here today.

He said the personnel was about to clamp the tyre of the taxi when the driver allegedly started berating and dragging him to the MBPP truck that was parked on the opposite side.

Mior Faridalatrash said the taxi driver in his 50s, allegedly continued to berate the personnel and demanded to see his identity card and authority card.

He said patrolling police eventually managed to break up the confrontation.

“The victim refused to surrender his identity card and authority card because the taxi driver had no authority to inspect them except the police,” he said, adding, the taxi driver had also lodged a police report.

The case is being investigated under Section 186 of the Penal Code.

Meanwhile, a one-minute video showing a taxi driver allegedly dragging and roughing up an MBPP enforcement personnel has gone viral in Facebook. — Bernama