KUALA LUMPUR – Police have taken a statement from the father of the 12-year-old boy who was filmed driving a car with his two younger siblings in Taman Putra Impiana area in Puchong, Selangor.
Sepang police chief Wan Kamarul Azran Wan Yusof said that the 53-year-old man provided his statement at the police station at about 11.30pm yesterday.
He said the initial investigation found that the preteen was driving a Perodua Viva in the housing area with his two younger brothers, aged 6 and 4, at about 8pm on Sunday.
“The investigation is in progress. Anyone with information on the incident is urged to contact the traffic investigation and enforcement division of the Sepang police headquarters,” he said in a statement today.
He said the investigation was being conducted under Section 39(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.
A video showing a member of the public stopping the Perodua Viva driven by the young boy went viral yesterday.
In the video, the car can be seen going over a speed bump before the woman recording the video told the boy to stop.
The woman then asked the boy his age and said she would lodge a police report. – July 30, 2024