SHAH ALAM: The police detained an 11-year-old boy and his father after a video of the boy driving his father’s car on Jalan Banting-Pandamaran, Klang, went viral.

South Klang district police chief ACP Cha Hoong Fong said the duo were arrested at a house in Pandamaran near here at 1.15pm Sunday (June 11) after the police received a one-minute, 21-second-long viral video showing the boy driving a silver car at around 6pm on Friday (June 9).

The father, 49, and his son were taken to the South Klang district police headquarters traffic police station for further investigation under Section 39(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987 for underaged driving, Section 111 of the same Act for conspiring or allowing the commissioning of an offence, as well as Section 31(1)(a) of the Child Act 2001 for neglecting or exposing a child that might result in physical or emotional harm.

ACP Cha also advised the public not to be complacent and to monitor the movement of their children to avoid untoward incidents. - Bernama