KUALA LUMPUR: The lorry driver who was beaten up at a condominium in Bukit Antarabangsa in Ampang here has claimed that the assailants made threats against him through his employer after the incident.

Nasrul Faiz Zulfahmi, 25, said his employer told him that the assailants were “big-time gangsters".

“Yes. Boss said they were big-time gangsters,” he told reporters during a gathering of a group of truck drivers to show solidarity with him at the Sungai Besi toll plaza here Sunday.

Nasrul Faiz said he eventually lodged a report after police urged him to do so.

Describing the incident that occurred on Jan 14, Nasrul Faiz said he was driving the lorry when he accidentally reversed into a Mercedez-Benz that was parked behind him, which scratched it and caused the number plate to fall off.

He said he was then approached by a man, who asked who the lorry belonged to.

“I asked him if he was the owner of the car but he repeated his question and asked who owned the lorry,” he said.

He added that he told the man that he was the driver and the man raised his hand to hit him.

He said the man then pulled him as if he was looking for a fight.

After that, all Nasrul Faiz could remember was being hit by one man and kicked by several others.

The truck drivers from the Small and Medium Scale Entrepreneurs Alliance of Malaysia (Ikhlas) who gathered at the toll plaza urged the police to take prompt action against those responsible for the assault.

The incident, which was captured on video that went viral last Thursday, showed five men assaulting two people near the condominium guard house.

Five people, including a woman, have been remanded over the incident.