The photo showing three children clinging to a moving lorry that went viral on Facebook. It is believed to have been taken in Lahad Datu.
ITS totally unthinkable if children will pull such a stunt as clinging on the back of a moving truck.
However, viral pictures of such an incident, purportedly in Lahad Datu in Sabah has gone viral, with the police investigating if it is true.
So did such an incident take place?
Verdict:
TRUE
Lahat Datu police said action will be taken to trace the children and an investigation and operation would be conducted.
"On one hand they are holding the lorry and smoking gum with the other until kingdom come," said Lahad Datu OCPD Asst Comm Rohan Shah Ahmad, reported Sinar Harian on Monday (March 17).
ACP Rohan has uploaded the stunts of the children clinging to the lorry on the Lahad Datu police Facebook.
The posting had received likes and comments from netizens who were not only worried for the safety of the children but their action which endangers road users, including the lorry driver.
The children's action has also been linked to the consumption of substances to the extent of being ignorant of dangers involved.
