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  • 9/6/2024
Police have arrested a local man for uploading videos of students on a school bus under the TikTok account "Abang Bas".

Johor police chief Comm M. Kumar said the 24-year-old suspect was detained by Kluang police in Simpang Renggam at 2.57am on Friday (Sept 6).

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00:00Police have arrested a local man for uploading videos of students on a school bus under the
00:06TikTok account Abang Bus.
00:08Johor Police Chief Commissioner M. Kumar said the 24-year-old suspect was detained by Kluang
00:14Police in Simpang Renggam at 2.57 am on Friday.
00:19He added that the arrest was made after a report was lodged against the school bus driver.
00:24The suspect's mobile phone, believed to have been used to upload the videos, have also
00:29been seized for investigation.
00:31The TikTok videos, however, were still online.
00:35The case is being investigated under Section 15A, Subsection 3 of the Sexual Offences Against
00:41Children Act 2017 and Section 15.2 of the Child Act 2001.
00:48Commissioner Kumar urged parents or guardians of the students featured in the TikTok videos
00:54to come forward to assist the investigation.
00:57A user on X had shared several screenshots of the TikTok posts belonging to the school
01:02bus driver who referred to children on the bus as his crush and kesayangan.
01:08In response, Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Sri Nancy Shukri instructed
01:14an officer from the Child Development Department to lodge a police report over the videos.
01:20She said such behaviour was not accepted and should not be normalised.
01:24She added that under the Child Act, sharing photos or videos of a child without the parent's
01:28permission is a violation of the child's rights and privacy.

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