KUALA LUMPUR: The man at the centre of the beer promoter storm, Mohamad Edi Moahamad Rias, also known as “Edi Rejang” did not turn up at the Ampang Jaya district police headquarters to have his statement recorded.
A source told theSun that Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng was supposed to accompany Edi to give his statement to the police, however the man did not turn up.
“The man did not turn up to give his statement. We tried to call him but could not get him, in fact Lim had also tried to contact the man but could not get through since morning. The man was now ‘uncontactable’ and has kept his mobile phones off since Wednesday night,“ he added.
At about 10am, members of the media were informed that DAP’s lawyer would be accompanying “Edi Rejang” at 1pm today.
It was also reported that Edi had met with the police on Wednesday without informing anyone.
Meanwhile, Lim disclosed that several employment offers lined up for Edi who reportedly lost his job recently.
However, Lim said he has had to put all the offers of assistance on hold as he could not reach Edi after hosting a press conference for him to apologise on Wednesday.
Lim said he had received offers from several well-wishers who wanted to assist after learning that the man was let go from his job as a dispatch rider following his controversy.
“Some of them have approached my office and left comments on my Facebook page stating they were willing to offer Edi a job or assist him financially,” he said.
On Tuesday, Edi read out an apology to the victim of his harassment and Malaysians in general.
The apology came after an array of criticism befell him over the incident in which he approached a promoter at a hypermarket in Ampang with the apparent intention of humiliating and insulting her.
Last week, Mohamad Edi uploaded a video of him approaching a beer promoter to confront her for performing her job in the non-halal section of the hypermarket and swore at her after failing to goad her into responding.
