SEREMBAN, Nov 10 — Police are investigating an incident involving a boy who fell onto the road after clinging to the rear door of a moving vehicle, as seen in a video that went viral on social media, believed to have occurred near the Nilai toll plaza here.

Nilai police chief Supt Johari Yahya said police received a report on the circulation of the one-minute video at 11.02pm yesterday.

He said the footage was believed to have been recorded by a dashboard camera in another vehicle, whose owner, a woman, had been contacted to provide a statement and the original recording of the incident.

However, police have yet to receive any response from her.

“Based on a statement uploaded by the woman, the boy’s family members are believed to have turned back on foot to retrieve him, as the location of the incident was far from the nearest U-turn,” he said in a statement here today.

Johari said police were now working to verify the information, including recording a statement from the dashboard camera owner and tracing the boy and his family members to assist in the investigation.

The case is being investigated under Section 31(1)(a) of the Child Act 2001.

Members of the public with information on the incident are urged to contact the Nilai district police headquarters (IPD) Operations Room at 06-790 4222 or any nearby police station. — Bernama