UPDATE: according to media statement released yesterday evening by HINDRAF, the restaurant owners deny ever mentioning to media that the attackers were “hindraf members” or “would not pay as they were fighting for indian rights”, instead claimed it was business rivalry. quoted below:

RE: 1. SRI PAANDI BOSS AND STAFF DENIES EVER MENTIONING TO TV1, TV2, TV3, TV7, BERNAMA OR THE MALAY MAIL AND THAT THE ATTACKERS WHO ATTACKED THEIR WORKERS AND EATERY WERE HINDRAF MEMBERS OR THAT THEY WOULD NOT PAY AS THEY WERE FIGHTING FOR INDIAN RIGHTS AND THAT BUSINESS RIVALRY IS THE REAL CAUSE OF ATTACK.

this is what we call as "menangguk di air keruh" – taking advantage of the situation.

Utusan reports that the men were armed with steel and knife, and that they escaped in two cars – Naza Ria and Toyota Hilux having false registration numbers:

“Mereka yang bersenjatakan sebilah parang dan sebatang besi kemudiannya bertindak memukul pekerja restoran tersebut yang berasal dari India dan merosakkan harta benda di restoran itu sebelum melarikan diri dengan menggunakan dua buah kereta jenis Naza Ria dan Toyota Hilux yang kemudian dikenal pasti menggunakan nombor pendaftaran palsu,” katanya.

Eatery smashed, workers beaten

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By KULDEEP S. JESSY

KUALA LUMPUR: A group of men claiming to be Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) supporters helped themselves to a hearty meal at a restaurant in Brickfields on two consecutive days and left without paying.  The men destroyed furniture and kitchen equipment, causing losses amounting to RM5,000. They also slashed a worker with a parang and injured the right arm of another with an iron rod.

Numbering between eight and 10, they first turned up at the restaurant in Jalan Tun Sambanthan at about 3pm on Sunday.  They insisted that they should eat for free as they were Hindraf supporters fighting for the rights of Hindus.  The men, aged between 20 and 35, turned up again at about 7.30pm on Monday and helped themselves to the food.  They then went on a rampage, destroying 20 tables and kitchen equipment and attacked the two workers before fleeing in two vehicles.

Brickfields OCPD Asst Comm Sulaiman Junaidi said one worker received 12 stitches while the other sustained a swollen arm. Both are Indian citizens. Three customers in the restaurant at the time were unharmed. 

The restaurant owner, who declined to be named, said the men claimed to be Hindraf supporters, became aggressive and refused to pay the bill.  "Food was strewn everywhere and two men guarded the front and back doors of the restaurant with a parang to threaten customers," he said, adding that they had also assaulted the other restaurant workers.

British envoy: No petition received

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KUALA LUMPUR: The British High Commission has not received any petition from the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf), the organiser of Sunday’s illegal gathering. 

British High Commissioner to Malaysia Boyd McCLeary said: “We offered to accept the petition on Sunday but it was not delivered.” 

On claims by Hindraf leaders that the petition was faxed to the High Commission, McCLeary said: “We did receive some faxed information.” 

He, however, did not elaborate. – Bernama

He did not elaborate to Bernama, but according to NST, he said this:

High Commissioner Boyd McCleary said: “We were not given anything physically.”