Deputy state police chief Datuk Mohamed Usof Jan Mohamad said police would act on complaints. - NSTP/MIKAIL ONG
Deputy state police chief Datuk Mohamed Usof Jan Mohamad said police would act on complaints. - NSTP/MIKAIL ONG

GEORGE TOWN: Police will conduct checks at the Butterworth Outer Ring Road (BORR) near Bagan Ajam, after video footage went viral, showing motorists parking haphazardly, supposedly to break fast near the waterfront.

Deputy state police chief Datuk Mohamed Usof Jan Mohamad said police would act on complaints.

He, however, said police have not received any complaint about the video footage which went viral.

"We will take stern action against those who disrupt the traffic.

"We will send our men to the ground to carry out checks," he told newsmen at the state police headquarters here today.

Social media has been abuzz with video footage of cars being parked haphazardly, supposedly for breaking of fast, since this morning.

A car was also seen parked at the middle of the highway before a patrol car arrived.

It subsequently moved away.

The video posted on Penang Kini TikTok page received more than 5,000 reactions, more than 300 comments and was shared nearly 500 times.