Ambulance siren incident: Cops to summon individual who uploaded video

MELAKA: Police will summon the individual who circulated a video of a policeman allegedly blocking an ambulance to allow passage for a convoy of foreign investors last Thursday (Dec 11).

Melaka police chief Datuk Dzulkhairi Mukhtar said an investigation paper will be opened under Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 for the improper use of network facilities or services.

He said the incident involved an incident where officers were escorting a convoy of 18 buses ferrying a Chinese delegation as part of a state tourism promotion programme at about 10.30am on Thursday (Dec 11).

He said the convoy reached a traffic light intersection on Jalan Taming Sari and policemen temporarily halted vehicles coming from the city centre.

"The police officer saw an ambulance that was among the stopped traffic,

"The ambulance had its red and blue beacon lights on but did not activate its siren or hazard lights and was queuing in the lane with other vehicles.

"The officer assessed that the ambulance was not in an emergency situation," he said on Friday (Dec 12).

DCP Dzulkhairi said that if the ambulance had been responding to an emergency, it would have used the left lane and sounded its siren to request priority passage.

"After the last bus in the convoy passed through, the officer left the location and observed that the ambulance remained stationary in the right lane.

"It also did not sound any emergency siren as alleged in a viral video," he said.

"We welcome information from the public if it concerns police misconduct, but we reject any attempts to slander the police.

"We will not compromise. I will personally look into this matter, and we will ensure that those who intentionally defame the police are held accountable," he said when met after the closing of the Legacy 04 RX-Z X 125ZR Melaka Attack by Chief Minister Datuk Seri Ab Rauf Yusoh at the Melaka International Trade Centre (MITC) Ayer Keroh Square on Friday (Dec 12) night.

Earlier, Dzulkhairi, in a statement, said that the traffic personnel did not obstruct the movement of an ambulance as claimed in the viral video, and that the siren heard in the recording was from the police escorting a delegation of investors from China.

So what are they teaching us? That if an ambulance didn't put their siren on the light not enough to indicate any emergency?

Sometimes I really wonder why do ambulance (and also police car) that activated the lights but literally NO SOUND at all. I thought they are responding to emergency but they just so chill on the traffic, really eyesore man with their lights active.

Sometimes I really wonder why do ambulance (and also police car) that activated the lights but literally NO SOUND at all. I thought they are responding to emergency but they just so chill on the traffic, really eyesore man with their lights active.