JOHOR BARU: Police are investigating a video clip of two women being confronted over allegedly stealing a parcel in a Seri Alam residential area.
Seri Alam OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Sohaimi Ishak said the video uploaded on Facebook shows a man stopping the women over the alleged theft.
“A police report was lodged by a 44-year-old man over the incident, which occurred at 3.49pm on May 8 in a housing area in Seri Alam,” he said in a statement on Monday (May 12).
Initial investigations are being carried out under Section 379 of the Penal Code for theft, which carries a jail term of up to seven years, a fine, or both upon conviction.
The case is also being investigated under Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 for improper use of network facilities, which provides for a jail term of up to one year, a fine not exceeding RM50,000, or both if found guilty.
ACP Sohaimi said police are working to identify the individuals in the video, the delivery company involved, and the rightful owner of the parcel.
He urged anyone with information to contact the Seri Alam police headquarters at 07-3864222.
Earlier, a 3min, 28sec video was uploaded on the Community Roda Johor FB page showing two women being scolded by a man for allegedly taking a parcel that did not belong to them.
Towards the end of the clip, the man follows the women to a nearby house where the parcel is placed on the wall.
At the time of writing, the video has garnered over 170,000 views.
