Getting upset or losing your temper is normal. It's what makes us human. However, that's no reason to behave in cruel manners.
An "angry mum" apparently drove off in her car during a school pick up, abandoning her child as he tried to chase her on foot, according to a viral video recently.
Is this true?
VERDICT:
FALSE
The minute-long viral video, supposedly showing a pupil running after a car driven by his mother in front of a primary school in Seri Kembangan, Selangor, was investigated by police.
According to Bernama, Serdang OCPD Asst Comm Muhamad Farid Ahmad said police had received a report on the video from the child's mother, a 37-year-old housewife.
He said, according to the police report, the incident occurred at noon last week when the woman picked up her twin children from school, but while making a U-turn, she realised that one of her children was not inside the car.
"The complainant immediately stopped her car after seeing her son chasing her vehicle from behind," he said in a statement here on Friday (Aug 22).
Farid said a Facebook account had uploaded the video with the caption "angry with the child, but don't go to such lengths", and it had invited various negative comments from social media users against the woman.
He said the case was being investigated under Section 505(b) of the Penal Code, Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, and Section 31(1)(a) of the Child Act 2001.
"The case is still under investigation.
"The public is advised not to make any speculation or comments that could disrupt the investigation," he said.
