Police have taken the statement of a father whose 12-year-old son was caught on video driving a car on a joyride with his two younger siblings in the Taman Putra Impiana area in Puchong, Selangor.

Sepang district police chief Wan Kamarul Azran Wan Yusof said the 53-year-old man came to the police station at 11.30pm yesterday where his statement was recorded.

Initial investigation found that the teenager was driving a Perodua Viva car for a ride in the housing area with his two brothers, aged six and four, at about 8pm last Sunday.

“The investigation is in progress. Anyone with information on the incident is urged to contact the Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Division of the Sepang district police headquarters,” he said in a statement today.

The investigation was being conducted under Section 39(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.

A video showing a woman stopping the Perodua Viva with the teenager at the wheel went viral yesterday.

In the video, the car can be seen going over a speed bump before the woman recording the video told the boy to stop.

The woman then asked the boy his age and said she would lodge a police report.

- Bernama

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