Businessman charged with assaulting Vietnamese woman at KL club
Tan Zhie Yang faces a charge of voluntarily causing hurt to Dao Thi Kim Tra at a Kuala Lumpur club on Aug 4.
3 reports on this incident · first at Aug 22, 2026, 11:14 p.m. ET
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Aug 22, 2026, 11:23 p.m. ET
Businessman charged with assaulting Vietnamese woman at KL club
Tan Zhie Yang, 36, was charged in the Wangsa Maju court with voluntarily causing hurt to Dao Thi Kim Tra at a club in Kuala Lumpur on Aug 4, according to freemalaysiatoday.com.
The charge, under Section 323 of the Penal Code, carries a maximum penalty of one year's jail, a fine of up to RM2,000, or both. The government alleges that Tan voluntarily caused hurt to the woman. The case is at the charging stage, and the accused is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Aug 22, 2026, 11:14 p.m. ETFirst report
Businessman charged with assaulting Vietnamese woman at KL club
A 36-year-old businessman, Tan Zhie Yang, has been charged with voluntarily causing hurt under Section 323 of the Penal Code, according to a report by Free Malaysia Today. The charge stems from an incident at a club in Kuala Lumpur on Aug 4, in which the government alleges Tan caused hurt to Dao Thi Kim Tra. The case is being heard in Wangsa Maju.
The charge carries a maximum penalty of one year's jail, a fine of up to RM2,000, or both. As the matter is at the charging stage, the allegations are undecided, and Tan is presumed innocent until proven guilty. The investigation is ongoing, and the cause of the incident has not been determined.
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