The football meeting that blows open the Haresh Deol assault
Today marks one week since journalist Haresh Deol was beaten in broad daylight in Bangsar, yet the story has shifted more than the facts.
First, the police said it was “personal”. Then it became “mistaken identity”.
Now a previously unreported detail complicates both versions: minutes before the attack, Haresh had walked out of a 2pm meeting at Alexis Bistro with several figures linked to the national football scene.
He left the Jalan Telawi outlet around 3.25pm. The assault followed within minutes. That window is too tight to ignore.
Earlier that afternoon, Haresh knowing there were two Alexis outlets in Bangsar phoned his contact to confirm which one.
Yet the attackers seemed to know precisely where he would be and were already in position.
He was approached almost immediately after exiting, attacked in a swift, coordinated manner, and left on the ground while his belongings remained untouched.
Nothing suggests opportunism. Everything suggests a target.
It is learnt that…
