July 29, 2008
Four men beat up M'sian student in Melbourne
MELBOURNE - A MALAYSIAN student who was walking to his cousin's house was badly beaten up by four men here last Friday.
Mr Kevinra Joseph, 19, son of Binary University College vice-chancellor Prof Joseph Adaikalam has emerged from a coma and is recovering from severe head injuries at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Police said that Kevinra, who arrived here just a month ago for his studies, was walking alone in Little Lonsdale Street at 2.50am on Friday when four men assaulted him.
Kevinra suffered head injuries and was found by passers-by lying unconscious on the footpath in nearby Russell Street.
The RMIT engineering student was walking to his cousin's house when he was attacked.
'Surgeons have found bleeding in Kevinra's brain. He has memory loss and is confused and traumatised,' said Prof Adaikalam, who arrived here on Sunday with his wife and daughter.
He said that his son, who was new to this city, had lost his way.
'He was talking to his cousin on the handphone when the attack took place. His cousin was still on the phone and could hear the screams and the whole attack,' added the father.
Police have CCTV footage of the assault and hope to catch the attackers soon.
Vicious attacks are becoming common after dark in the central business district here, and local police have repeatedly reminded the public to move in groups at night.
Most of the attacks are drug or alcohol-induced.
Four men beat up M'sian student in Melbourne
MELBOURNE - A MALAYSIAN student who was walking to his cousin's house was badly beaten up by four men here last Friday.
Mr Kevinra Joseph, 19, son of Binary University College vice-chancellor Prof Joseph Adaikalam has emerged from a coma and is recovering from severe head injuries at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Police said that Kevinra, who arrived here just a month ago for his studies, was walking alone in Little Lonsdale Street at 2.50am on Friday when four men assaulted him.
Kevinra suffered head injuries and was found by passers-by lying unconscious on the footpath in nearby Russell Street.
The RMIT engineering student was walking to his cousin's house when he was attacked.
'Surgeons have found bleeding in Kevinra's brain. He has memory loss and is confused and traumatised,' said Prof Adaikalam, who arrived here on Sunday with his wife and daughter.
He said that his son, who was new to this city, had lost his way.
'He was talking to his cousin on the handphone when the attack took place. His cousin was still on the phone and could hear the screams and the whole attack,' added the father.
Police have CCTV footage of the assault and hope to catch the attackers soon.
Vicious attacks are becoming common after dark in the central business district here, and local police have repeatedly reminded the public to move in groups at night.
Most of the attacks are drug or alcohol-induced.