Four Chinese nationals
including a chef have been arrested after they were captured on video flogging
a Kenyan at Chez Wou restaurant in Kileleshwa, Nairobi.
The video recorded at
Chez Wou Restaurant in Kileleshwa, Nairobi last week, showed a senior Chinese
hotel officer whipping a Kenyan waiter over allegations of reporting late to
work.
Confirming the
incident, Directorate of Criminal Investigations – DCI, director said they had
arrested the four after reports that a man of Asian descent was assaulting a
male employee.
“Following reports of
an incident doing rounds in sections of the press depicting a man of Asian
descent assaulting a male employee said to be working at a hotel, this morning
detectives from Kilimani raided Chez Wou Restaurant in Kileleshwa in pursuit of
the matter,” the statement reads.
The perpetrator one
Deng Hailan, a Chinese National who works at the hotel as a chef but doesn’t
have a work permit was arrested.
Also arrested were two
other chefs Chang Yueping & Ou Qiang who hold expired Visas. Chang holds a
work permit but his compatriot doesn’t. Yu Ling a cashier at the hotel holding
a visitor’s visa but without a work permit was also arrested.
Eight Kenyans who work
at the hotel were also escorted to Kilimani Police Station for further
interrogation.