Police Arrest Man For Suspected Road Bullying After Viral Video of Him Making Obscene Gestures

Police arrested a man yesterday for suspected road bullying at Km350.4 of the North-South Expressway (NSE) near Sungkai.

According to district police chief Superintendent Mohd Naim Asnawi, police detected a video circulating on the TikTok platform yesterday. However, the user had taken down the video.

Naim said the edited video depicted an incident involving a silver car on the expressway.

“Further checks revealed that the incident occurred on Thursday at 11:10 am. The police also received a report from the 61-year-old victim regarding the incident on the same day at 9:43 pm.”

“The victim claimed that while driving his multi-purpose vehicle in the right lane of the expressway heading towards Penang, a silver car suddenly approached from behind and abruptly cut in front of his vehicle at KM350.4 of the NSE near Sungkai,” he said in a statement.

Naim said the victim immediately braked and honked at the vehicle before the suspect suddenly slowed down and stopped in the middle of the road.

“When the victim attempted to overtake the vehicle, the suspect blocked his way and made a few obscene gestures towards him,” he added.

Naim said that yesterday, at 4:15 pm, a team from the Tapah Criminal Investigation Department arrested the male suspect to assist in investigations.

“A background check revealed that the suspect has six criminal records related to drug offences and crime.”

The case is being investigated under Section 279 of the Penal Code for dangerous driving and Section 509 of the Penal Code for a word or gesture intended to insult a person’s modesty.

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