A 28-second video that went viral on TikTok showing what appeared to be a police vehicle leading a convoy of cars allegedly carrying foreign nationals in Tanjung Minyak, Melaka has been generating heated debate online.
The caption accompanying the video asked the police to explain why the foreign nationals allegedly needed an escort.
Did the police really provide a vehicle escort for foreign nationals in Melaka?
Verdict:
FALSE
Acting Melaka Tengah police chief Supt Halim Abas said the viral video was believed to have been edited by combining footage from two different locations.
Checks found that the footage showing a police four-wheel-drive vehicle exiting a junction was indeed recorded near Masjid Tun Mohd Khalil Yaakub in Tanjung Minyak.
"The officer involved was not escorting any vehicles. It was merely a coincidence that several other vehicles exited the junction at the same time and appeared to be following behind," Supt Halim said in a WhatsApp group message on Monday (June 1).
"The footage showing the foreign nationals' vehicles is believed to have been recorded elsewhere and not in Tanjung Minyak as claimed in comments accompanying the viral video," he said.
Halim said a closer look at the footage showed that the locations and surroundings in the two clips were different and were believed to have been combined through editing, causing confusion among the public.
The video went viral on TikTok carrying the caption: "PDRM boleh tak rakyat dapatkan penjelasan kenapa warga asing ini semua perlukan pengiring?" (Can the police explain why all these foreign nationals need an escort?).
Source:
Bernama
