QuickCheck: Did the police ignore several crimes as a viral video claims?

A VIDEO that has gone viral on WhatsApp showing several incidents of people being beaten up also claims that police ignored the cases.

Is this true?

Verdict:

FALSE

In a statement, Federal CID director Comm Datuk Seri Abd Jalil Hassan said the video's claims were untrue.

"The video showed several incidents of individuals being beaten up allegedly by members of an NGO and claimed that police had not taken action.

"We discovered that the incidents in the video were crimes committed in Selangor and Penang," he said.

He went on to say that police had already taken action over the incidents in the video and those responsible had also been brought to court.

Comm Abd Jalil added that the act of spreading statements that could cause public distress and alarm was an offence under Section 505(b) of the Penal Code and Section 233 of the Communication and Multimedia Act 1998.

"We will take stern action against those responsible for such acts," he said.