Knights in lying armor.
A Malaysian man who often gets mistaken for a member of a street gang started a “villain for hire” where he’ll “harass” a boyfriend’s significant other so that they can beat him up and play the hero to appear tougher than they are.
Shazali Sulaiman, 28, advertised his service on Facebook where — for “a reasonable fee” — he’d set up the scenario and take the beat down.
“Are you tired of your partner thinking you are weak? For a reasonable fee, I can help you prove them wrong,” he wrote on the social platform, according to Dexerto.
The bizarre businessman shared photos of himself with messy hair and a cigarette hanging out his mouth.
He told his potential clients that he regularly gets told he looks like a shady character and a member of a street gang — which sparked the idea to launch the “villain for hire” service.
Sulaiman also shared a brief scenario of how it would go down.
“When the boyfriend went to the bathroom, I pretended to ‘harass’ his girlfriend,” he wrote. “When he returned, he confronted me like a hero.”
While Sulaiman’s post seemed to cater his services to boyfriends, he clarified that he is willing to do it for both men and women.
He also claims to have already put on performances for friends and family, Dexerto reported.
Sulaiman would provide his villain-for-hire services on the weekdays for the small nominal cost of 100 ringgit ($22.50). On the weekends, his price jumps to 150 ringgit (about $34.00).
He also shared that, depending on how far he needs to travel, additional fees may apply to clients requesting his services outside the city he lives in.
Sulaiman didn’t provide details on how many times he may have put his business into practice or how much money he’s racked in by being a “villain for hire.”
While he seems to be all in his business, it has raised concerns with critics on social media, according to Dexerto.
Some have brought up that some of his stunts could be seen as sexual harassment — a serious crime in the Southeast Asian country.
The Malaysian government passed the “Anti-sexual Harassment Act of 2022,” to stop “unwanted conduct of a sexual nature, whether verbal, non-verbal, visual, gestural, or physical, that is directed at a person and is considered offensive, humiliating or a threat to their well-being.”
The government also formed a “tribunal for Anti-Sexual Harassment” to rule over cases exclusively.
If found guilty, an individual can be charged with a steep fine of up to 10,000 ringgit (around $2,200) and up to two years in prison.
However, Sulaiman wasn’t worried about being charged because he would never actually harm someone while conducting his “villain for hire” services, Dexerto reported.
“It is all just an act, like WWE. No one gets hurt, I am the only ‘loser,’” he clarified on Facebook.
