ALOR SETAR: Police have arrested a man suspected to be involved in an argument with another person while brandishing a machete at a petrol station at the Gurun Rest and Treatment Area (R&R) southbound on July 1.
Kuala Muda district police chief ACP Zaidy Che Hassan said the 35-year-old lorry driver was arrested at 8.30pm yesterday at the district police headquarters.
“At 10am yesterday, a police officer noticed a video on social media of two men arguing at a petrol station, one of them brandishing a machete.
"The officer instructed his staff to go to the scene. The petrol station’s branch manager confirmed the incident took place around 7.40 pm on July 1," he said in a statement today.
He said the investigation found that the lorry driver was angry with the driver of a Ford Ranger for honking at him as he was leaving the Bukit Kobah stop on the North-South Expressway near Pendang at about 6.15 pm.
“The suspect admitted taking out a machete from his lorry after he was threatened by the other man,” he said adding that the suspect lodged a police report yesterday.
Police are also actively tracing the Ford Ranger driver and
TikTok user who posted the video.
The 31-second viral video shows the man holding what appears to be a samurai sword while hurling threats and asking the driver who honked at him to apologise.
Several motorists were spotted trying to calm him down as the person recording the video asked the petrol station staff to contact the police.
