QuickCheck: Was an 'orang minyak' caught on camera in Shah Alam?


A CCTV video screen grab has gone viral showing an "orang minyak" (an allegedly supernatural robber covered in oil) breaking into a house in Shah Alam. Is this true?

While it is true that there is CCTV footage of a naked man breaking into a house, it is not supernatural.

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