The police are investigating a viral video of two traffic policemen escorting a private vehicle along Jalan Bukit Gambir. – Picture by Hari Anggara
GEORGE TOWN, May 8 — The police are investigating a viral video of two traffic policemen escorting a private vehicle along Jalan Bukit Gambir, near here.
Penang police chief Datuk Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain said a disciplinary investigation paper on the two policemen seen in the video, which has gone viral on social media since yesterday, was also opened.
The 20-second video, which was detected at 8.36pm yesterday, was uploaded on Facebook by account owner anwarazeez and it showed a man at the wheel of a private vehicle which was escorted by two traffic policemen on a motorcycle belonging to the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM, he said in a statement today.
He confirmed the incident took place at Jalan Bukit Gambir.
The man at the wheel of the private vehicle is believed to the son of a member of Parliament. — Bernama