QuickCheck: Did a group park almost 50 cars on the emergency lane of a highway recently?

On Sunday (Jan 23), photos showing a large number of cars parked on the emergency lanes on both sides of the Temiang-Pantai Highway went viral on social media. Is this true?

VERDICT:

TRUE

On Monday (Sept 24) Nilai district police chief Supt Mohd Fazley Ab Rahman said in a Facebook post that a group of individuals believed to be members of the FCCM-FC Club Malaysia – an auto club – were detected stopping their cars on the emergency lane of the highway on Saturday (Jan 22) to take pictures.

He said Nilai police will call up a group of individuals soon to have their statements recorded after pictures of them "gathered" on the emergency lane of the Temiang-Pantai Highway went viral on social media on Sunday.

"We will call up the club head first and so far we have identified about 48 cars.

"Stopping and parking a vehicle on an emergency lane without a valid reason is an offence as it can pose a danger to other road users," he said.